Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 265
tomb has been used in Lycia down to periodswhen Greece was far advanced in art (Figs. 298 and 299). 244 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. The Lycians formed a connecting link witli the AnteriorAsiatics and the Ionian Greeks. Their origin and theirlanguage were Asiatic, but the greater part of their art wasthe… … &^>Ma§ii0mii^u Fig. 299.—Lycian Rock-built Tomb at Pinara. (P. & C.) The Greek temples were in some respects related to theEgyptian temple. The pillar and beam construction wascopied from Egypt, and also the rectangular plan. Thegreat distinction between the two was that rows of…
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