2 1 _5_ 1 2 3 _4_ 3 2 | 4 3 5 1 5 3 5 1 |
diamonds zig-zags
2 3 _4_ 3 2
diamonds.
Like symmetry, rhythmic repetition runs generally on horizontal levels,
right and left, although not quite as preponderantly as symmetry.
Piling up of identical or similar forms occurs in nature as often as
lateral symmetry. Plants with their vertical succession of leaves,
branches of trees, piles of stones, ranges of mountains rising behind
one another, may suggest vertical arrangements of similar elements.
However, much more common are repetitions in horizontal bands; of
simple arrangements of single strokes in rows; and of complicated
successions of series of varied figures that recur in regular order
(fig. 48, Plate V).
It follows from what has been said before that the forms here discussed
are not expressive of specific emotional states and in this sense
significant.
This conclusion may be corroborated by a further examination of
decorative forms.
[Illustration: PLATE V.