ng to the eye nothing more is required. We are tempted,therefore, on the whole, to consider some of those slabs of faïenceupon which nothing appears but certain ornamental lines andcombinations, suggested by geometrical and vegetable formsbut elaborated by his own unaided fancy, as the masterpieces… … /^f! VOL. II. Q Q CHAPTER IV. THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. S i.—Ceramics. Of all the materials put in use by the inhabitants of Mesopo-tamia, clay was the first and by far the most important. Clayfurnished the sun-dried bricks of which the great buildings wereconstructed, the burnt bricks with which the…
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