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ted with symbols and strange devices. The work is executed in 

 brilliant colors and in great detail. But with all the facility afforded 

 for the expression of minutely modulated form the straight lines and 

 sharp angles are still present. The traditions of the art were favor- 

 able to great geometricity, and the tendencies of the warp and woof 

 and the shape of the spaces to be filled were decidedly in that di- 

 rection. 



Fio. 34'). Human figures from a Peruvian vase, done in free baud, gi-aphic stylo. 



In order that the full force of my remarks may be appreciable to 

 to the eye of the reader, I give an additional illustration (Fig. 343). 

 The two figures here shown, although I am not able to say positively 

 that the work is pre-Columbian, were executed by a native ai'tist of 

 aboiit the same stage of ciilture as was the work of the textile design. 

 These figures are executed in color upon the smooth surface of an 

 earthen vase and illustrate perfectly the peculiar characters of free 

 hand, graphic delineation. Place this and the last figure side by side 

 and we see how vastly different is the Avork of two artists of eqiial 

 capacity when executed in the two methods. This figure should also 

 be compared with the embroidered figures shown in Fig. 348. 



The tendencies to uniformity in textile ornament here illustrated 

 may be observed the world over. Every element entering the art 

 must undergo a similar metamorphosis; hence the remarkable i)ower 



