Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 238
tness, that receptivity and artistic im-pressionableness which has enabled them toproduce such a mass of wonderful work in so manybranches of cunning craftsmanship, have exposedthem to the modern European influences, which,however they may have, in the process of rapid 2 16 mic RACIAL inii.uI:nc:r… … PANEL IN CARVED AND INLAID WOOD FROM THE MOSCJUE OFTOOLOOxN IN CAIRO. FOURTEENTH OR FIFTEENTH CEN-TURY SARACENIC. handicraft, leading to hasty work and cheap andgaudy production—merely to catch the demand. Artistic and racial traditions, however, die hard.Even In Western Europe, in constant…
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