Ghost Dance : A Play of Voices: A Novel /

"Written at the height of the arts and crafts movement in fin-de-siecle Vienna, Alois Riegl's Stilfragen represented a turning point in defining art and understanding the sources of its inspiration. Demonstrating an uninterrupted continuity in the history of ornament from the ancient Egypt...

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Main Author: Swan, Gladys, 1934-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1992.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Motion picture actors and actresses.
FICTION > General.
Motion picture actors and actresses > Fiction.
New Mexico.
Nouveau-Mexique > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
New Mexico > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The Geometric Style
  • Ch. 2. The Heraldic Style
  • Ch. 3. The Introduction of Vegetal Ornament and the Development of the Ornamental Tendril
  • A. Near Eastern
  • 1. Egyptian. The Development of Vegetal Ornament
  • 2. Mesopotamian
  • 3. Phoenician
  • 4. Persian
  • B. Vegetal Ornament in Greek Art
  • 1. Mycenaean. The Origin of the Tendril
  • 2. The Dipylon Style
  • 3. Melian
  • 4. Rhodian
  • 5. Early Boeotian and Early Attic
  • 6. The Interlacing Tendril
  • 7. The Development of the Tendril Frieze
  • 8. The Further Development of the All-over Tendril Pattern
  • 9. The Emergence of Acanthus Ornament
  • 10. Hellenistic and Roman Tendril Ornament
  • a. Two-Dimensional Palmette-Tendrils
  • b. The Acanthus Tendril
  • Ch. 4. The Arabesque: Introduction
  • A. Tendril Ornament in Byzantine Art
  • B. Early Islamic Tendril Ornament
  • Glossary of Terms and Concepts Used by Riegl.

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