Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 87
blyaccepted the inferiority of Western art as a fact requiring no demonstra-tion.1 It was not until many centuries had elapsed, when the Mongolsbegan to invade the regions west of their original seats, that Chineseinfluence flowed strongly into Persia and beyond. To Gengiz and KublaiKhan in the… … Fig. 35. Carved closure-slabs of the tenth century : Metropolitan Church, Mistra.(Hautes Etudes : G. Millet.) draw and paint the human figure; they did not teach the-illuminators ofConstantinople. Even in decorative design the influence of China during the firstmillennium is almost imperceptible.…
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