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The Alhambra Court in the Crystal Palace (1854)

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 · London : Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans · leaf 74

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THE ALHAMBRA COURT. rather tempted to make principal what should only be the accessory. The side arches are stilted and struck from two centres, … The various fea¬ tures of Arabian art were so refined upon by the Moors that the original types seem only retained in the same degree which we see in nature, where the higher order of animals retain types of organisations still strongly marked in the lower. thewaHs The diaper on the walls is a good…

Alhambra (Granada, Spain) · Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) · Islamic architecture -- Exhibitions · Exhibition buildings -- England -- London · Arkitektur -- Spanien

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