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Analysis of ornament : the characteristics of styles : an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art (1873)

Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 127

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e discover the scroll in some of the interlacings, and there is a fan-shape which recalls the anthemion. The artists of the Alhambra were probably exclusively Saracenic. The beauty of this palace is in its general richness of effect, in its endless combinations of columns, arches, and gorgeous… … House at Damascus.

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