The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 294
ell into the hands of the English, and art of everykind, being elbowed out of the way by commerce,came to an abrupt stop. Of the splendours of Ghazni only two sturdy old IMPOSING EXAMPLES. 271 Minars remain in good preservation (Fig. 105), which,though striking, are rendered even more impressiveby… … Fig. 107.—Gateway, Lall Durwaza Mosque, Jaunpore. 107), and the Mogul places of worship at Delhi andAgra (Plate XXX), which, as regards design and dis- 272 THE MAHOMETAN OR SARACENIC STYLE. tribution, are by far the most imposing specimens inSaracenic architecture. All the Moslem hordes which swept…
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