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 497
om Persia and Armeniathey introduced the favorite style of ornament. All this may seem idle speculation, and it may turn out that thesimilarities are accidental, but at present it certainly does not lookas if they were, and if they do emanate from a common centre,tracing them back to their original… … Taken altogether, Armenian architecture is far more remarkablefor elegance than for grandeur, and possesses none of that greatness of Bk. IX. Ch. Vo ANI. 477 conception of beauty of outline essential to an important architecturalstyle. It is still worthy of more attention than it has…
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