Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 139
nt as leading to the compre-hension of the arabesque (or Moresque) patterns, whichwere originally based upon and derived from it. Aside from decorative sculptured, or stuccoed, detailsthe Byzantine churches employed a system of marblepaneling, in which the slabs, as sawn into thin pieces,were so… … Fig. 72.—St. Sophia. Constantinople. BYZANTINE DETAILS—ORNAMENTAL SYSTEM. 127 the effect of the colored mosaic decorations alreadydescribed, it is clear that Byzantine architecture was aglorious and artistic creation. The peculiar failings andlimitations of the figure design, when compared withthe…
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