 The Oriental types in their art lost their symbolic character, and became enriched and idealised by fancy : harmony and a sweet grace are in every line. The Etruscan is rude and Asiatic, with Greek luxuriance. It has leaves and frets, and circles. The...  Carpentry and Building - Page 1921901Full view - About this book
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pages
...conventionalised. The Oriental types in their art lost their symbolic character, and became enriched and idealised by fancy : harmony and a sweet grace are in every...Moorish is the poetry of geometry and the mathematics of colour, varied and changeful as Nature. The Gothic is Nature subdued and limited by rules and space.... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...harmony and a sweet grace are in every Une. The Etruscan is rude and Asiatic, with Greek luxuriance. The Roman is strong and vigorous, leafy, luxurious,...rich, knotted, linked, and studded like embroidery. The Moorish is the poetry of geometry, and the mathematics of colour, varied and changeful as Nature.... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1878 - 404 pages
...harmony and a sweet grace are in every line. The Etruscan is rude and Asiatic, with Greek luxuriance. The Roman is strong and vigorous, leafy, luxurious,...rich, knotted, linked, and studded like embroidery. The Moorish is the poetry of geometry, and the mathematics of colour, varied and changeful as Nature.... | |
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