Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 326
me and striking in the arts and architecture of the coun-tries they had conquered, in the eyes of these people—whowere no better than barbarians or banditti—began to havea more civilising effect on them. Add to this the influenceof the Byzantine architecture, especially at Constantinople,with the… … Fig. 343.--Alhambra Diaper, Superposed Ornament. SO it was quite natural that the Moslem mosque should bebuilt and decorated on the main lines of the ByzantineChristian church. The dome and the niche {iiicJirab) came VOL, I. X 3o6 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. ■£=^
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