Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 73
n anything else, it builds simply and frankly,and often without any ornament at all. When ornament is intro-duced, it is a natural outcome of the construction employed, andalthough occasionally some detail reminiscent of another materialmay occur, this has been translated because it was regarded… … Fio. 32. 48 A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT. regarded as solid blocks of stone which could be carved withoutreference to their construction.^ The Lycian tombs are not the only ones in which wood torms are imifatcil.In the Beni-Hasan tombs (see Fig. 6) the portions of the rock which overhang…
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