The Alhambra, being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula (1907)
Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946 · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane company · leaf 50
ssive. Introduction. xliii. The Moors ever regarded what architects hold to be thefirst principle of architecture—to decorate construction—neverto construct decoration. In Moorish architecture, not onlydoes the decoration arise naturally from the construction, butthe constructive idea is carried… … PLAN OF GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CENTRALORNAMENT OF CEILINGS. The general forms were first cared for ; these were sub-divided by general lines ; the interstices were then filled inwith ornament again to be sub-divided and enriched forcloser inspection. The principle was carried out with thegreatest…
