Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 224
e relations between India and Persia were inti- ARCHITECTURE. 189 mate, and there is good reason to suppose that the primitive art ofArabia was influenced by that of India. The ceilings of the Alhambra are not of greater constructivesignificance than are the supporting members. The structural… … Fig. 101.—The Court of the Lions in the Alhambra. not express their true functions. The epistyle beams, it is true,support the horizontal ceiling-timbers and the inclined rafters, butboth are hidden upon the exterior by a revetment of boards whichstands in no organic connection whatever with the…
Art, Medieval
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