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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 195

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Yvg. 229.—Vessels llgured iu the Tomb of Rekhmara ; from Wilkman. Cyprus was inhabited from the earliest time with amixture of races in which the Greek or Hellenic elementwas represented, and though nominally a Phoenician … Fig. 230.—Gold Bracelet; from Tharros. (B.M.) (P. ^ Z.) dependency, the Greek superiority of artistic geniusasserted itself at a very early date in the art of the country.Some of the architectural features already noticed, notably PHCENICIAN ART. 175 the Ionic capitals, may be given as examples of…

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