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Geometric style, in architecture: see Decorated style Decorated style, name applied to the second period of English Gothic architecture from the late 13th to the mid-14th cent. The basic structural elements developed during the Early English style (late 12th and 13th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. . Geometric styleStyle of vase painting that flourished in Athens c. 1000–700 BC. Vases decorated in this style feature horizontal bands filled with geometric patterns such as zigzags, triangles, and swastikas in dark paint on a light ground. The rhythmic effect is similar to that of basketry. The abstract motifs developed into stylized animal and human forms in such narrative scenes as funerals, dances, and boxing matches. Small bronze and clay figurines, elaborately decorated fibulas, and limestone seals were also produced. The patterns remained popular and influenced much later Greek art. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As I was framing this shot on the display screen of my Canon G2 digital camera, I thought of the words of Charles Sheeler, an American painter who interpreted the great factories of the Roaring '20s in a stark, geometric style. The highly conceptualized, geometric style of some of the Ijo headpieces included in the exhibition, with their skull-like foreheads and projecting features, also prefigures European Cubism. Given the available evidence concerning the fashions in both court dance and the formal gardening practices, it seems that up to the early to mid 1620s the dances in the English court masque followed the strongly geometric style of the late sixteenth century. |
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