Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 266
the time to pursue, tocombine, to vary, and to multiply his arabesques.In the interlacing rosework, the polygonal ornaments,the stylized inscriptions, all the ornamental motifs ISLAM 239 issuing together from a vague and subtle imagination,ecstasy, doubt, serenity, and distress were expressedby the… … Cordova (viii Century). Interior of the great mosque. to the point of mingling, superimposing, and juxta-posing themselves in squares, circles, bands, ovals,and fans. They passed without apparent effort—likethe soul itself—from exaltation to depression, fromreverie to logic, from rectangular forms…
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