Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 263
ken arch that launches upward. Thespherical cupola will likewise take on ascending lines. ^Al. Gayet, UArt Arabe. 236 MEDIAEVAL ART It will find again the old Assyrian forms that SassanianPersia had continued until the times of Islam. Theslender ovoid dome carries the eye upward until weget the… … Cairo. Tombs of the Mamelukes. mystery of the suspended infinite be realized. Begin-ning with the fourteenth century, the columns dis-appear and the bareness of the great naves evokes thedesert, with its circular horizon and the vault ofheaven—the only repose for the eyes as they lookupward.…
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