Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 100
cottaon the openworkcornices, the moralmaxims paintedeverywhere, thescrolls of gildedwood, the wholemass of thorn bushes,arrises, crests, brist-ling and clawlikeforms—everythingshows how con-stantly the Chinese were concerned with attractingthe genii of wind and water to the edifice and tothe… … Tang Art (viii Century). Tombof Chouen-Ling. Ram.{Ed. Chavannes Mission.) 74 MEDIAEVAL ART are imitated to the point of mania. It is as if theChinese who, outside of the cities, never change the orig-inal aspect of their native soil, were expressing the re-spect it inspires in them by bringing it…
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