Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 172
ION. Geometry, indeed, vied with the love ofcolor in its hold on the Arabic taste. Ceiling-beams werecarved into highly ornamental forms before receiving theirrich color-decoration of red, green, blue, and gold. Thedoors and the 7nimber were framed in geometric patternswith slender intersecting… … FIG. Si I40 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. whether of marble or tiling, combined brilliancy and har-mony of color with the perplexing beauty of interlacedstar-and-polygon patterns of marvellous intricacy. Stainedglass adiied to the interior color-effect, the patterns beingperforated in plaster, with a…
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