Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 177
ered Egypt, might for a while, by dint of sheer imperiousinsistance, make a form of art popular which was neverthelessunorthodox ; but as the barbarians settled down in the dries ofthe Muslims, which they did so much to beautify, they must havegradually become assimilated to the people they… … FIG. 51.—LATTICE WORK, {South Kensingto/i Museum.) learned to weigh more accurately the sentiments of the pious on thesubject. Thus the imported art of figure carving, which was thetemporary protege of the Tartar princes, before they knew better,gave place to the arabesque and geometrical ornament…
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