Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 190
ces, but for-mal beauty and the higher qualities of art are rare. The images,even when not professedly caricatures, or of a comical nature, sel-dom rise above the character of graceful and pleasing trifles. More-over, in the great majority of cases, they are adapted to practicalemployment, the… … Fig. 85.—Facade of the Alcazar, Seville. MOHAMMEDAN ART.* THE civilization of Asia had already passed through the phasesof artistic development described in the foregoing chapters,when the inhabitants of the Arabian peninsula,—who had previous- * Description de lEgypte. Etat moderne. Tom. XVIII.…
Art, Medieval
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