Pottery and porcelain of all times and nations : with tables of factory and artists' marks for the use of collectors (1878)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 108
patterns belongs to that mind. There is a mystery attend-ing the rise, growth, and decay of Arabian art. Why in the seventeenthcentury did the Arabs suddenly lose all taste and power of execution,when up to that period they had been in advance of the whole world—the teachers of Europe \ There is a… … 104 MODERN POTTERY. of the uneducated by the disposition of color, and of the educated by thepeculiar artistic skill exhibited in the arrangement and designs. Nature afforded ample subjects for the Saracen artists. The growthof plants, the intricate windings of the stems of vines, the blossoms of…
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