Heraldry and floral forms as used in decoration; (1922)
Cole, Herbert · London & Toronto, J. M. Dent & Sons ltd.; New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 245
Force fain. period of^ KATVJG HSl 1662-1122 architecture is a much more important element in Western work thanin Chinese or Japanese. In using the word Western, the Mahommedanbuildings of Persia and India are included in this sense. The archi-tecture of China and Japan is poor in itself and their… … AS USED IN DECORATION 235 is less dependent upon it and can exist more easily apart from it thanis the case in other styles. With the exception of the large temples their buildings are woodenshells of no great permanence; not so with the structures built byWestern peoples, theirs being made of…
Decoration and ornament · Heraldry · Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms
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