Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946, Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine), 1867-1928 · London : J. M. Dent & co. · leaf 146
re for his inspira-tion ; though the Koran does not absolutely forbidthe delineation of natural objects, a circumstance ofwhich the latitudinarian sultans of Granada, as weshall see, took advantage. A love of simplicity and the elementary is also con-spicuous in the colouring of the decorative… … ■«^ < mS< X < X H <;fflopUJ THE ALHAMBRA 113 to-day was formerly blue, time having changed thetint of the metallic pigment employed. The whiteparts have assumed in the course of ages the tint ofold ivory, and the colours blend harmoniously now,even if they did not do so when fresh. The…
