A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 299
iculty of the task being thus the cause of itssuccess. The Saracens in Spain, on the contrary, never attemptedeither a vault or a dome, but were always content with an easilyconstructed wooden roof, calling for no ingenuity to design, and nothought how to convert its mechanical exigences into… … 722. Sta. Maria la Blanca. (From Villa Anril.) result appeals to our higher intellectual wants; though in doing sothey frequently neglected the polish and lighter graces of style whichare so pleasing in the semi-Asiatic art of the South of Spain. The other synagogue — del Transito— we know was…
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