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‘The fully developed Gumelnitsa* style of painted pottery emerged in the late 5^th millennium BC[E] from earlier traditions based on repetitive geometrical motifs executed as incisions filled with white paste. The vessel shapes became more complex, while the ornament – now usually painted – often took the form of freely swinging curves and spirals. At about the same time, more developed forms of terracotta models came into use. These included not only human figures but also items of furniture, as in the famous “cult scene” from Ovcharevo [sic] in north-east Bulgaria.’**

‘The production of these types of object*** came to an end in the 3^rd millennium BC[E],**** when economic and social changes cut across established traditions in religion and art, and the beginnings of bronze working introduced a new medium for ornament and display.’

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*[See last previous entry, & [[Redbook8:99][19901108:1030e]{[The Neolithic Period [continued (5)]] – Sacred Curves [continued (3)}[8th November 1990],]]

**[See next entry]

***[last previous paragraph] above?{√}

****{4096M~ at 3072BCE}

# – ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Art], 14-15, ‘Gumelnitsa and Vinča Ceramics’, A. Sherratt

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