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 51
derive success from its observance. The greatest xliv. The Alhambra. distinction was thus obtained ; the detail never interfering withthe general form. When seen at a distance, the main linesstrike the eye; on nearer approach, the detail comes into thecomposition ; upon yet closer inspection,… … SECTION OF THE COLUMNS AND ARCHES OF GENERALCONSTRUCTION IN THE PALACE. As in colour, there can be no composition in which eitherof the three primary colours is wanting, so in form, whetherstructural or decorative, there can be no perfect composition inwhich either of the three primary figures is…
