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Title: The decorative periods
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935
Subjects: Furniture Decoration and ornament Interior decoration
Publisher: New York, Clifford & Lawton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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f the Caliphate of Cordova. After halfa century their reign fell to pieces. Although they retained do-minion as the Kingdom of Grenada, of which the Alhambra wasthe fortified citadel, and their arts reached a height of greatsplendor, constant warfares with the kings of Castile so weakenedthem, that they succumbed finally in 1492, and refusing to acceptChristianity, were expelled from Spain, and began their piraticalcareer in the Barbary States. Those who accepted the religioncame to be known as Moriscoes ; theywere subjected to the most rigorous su-pervision, and any lapses from theiradopted religion were punished by theinquisition. Finally in 1610 the last ofthe Moors or Moriscoes were expelledfrom Spain. The Moorish style as displayed inthe decoration of the Alhambra wascalled Alhambraic. Mohammedan art flourished inSouthern Europe between the Eighthand Fourteenth Centuries. In Constan-tinople, which fell to the Turkish in 1453,and in India, it still survives—barely. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^
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BYZANTINE THE character of the Byzantine form of decoration may beunderstood by the historic development of the nation. Itincluded much that was Greek and Roman, with adaptions fromPersia and Syria, and all subjugated by the influence of the Chris-tian religion and its symbolisms. The sharp Acanthus foliage of the Greeks was united withthe Christian cross and circle, and the vine and the dove and hereand there a peacock. The ceilings were domed and vaulted,Mosaics were liberally used and gold and silk and precious mar-bles and interlacing crosses, circles and vines, were conspicuousdetails. It must be borne in mind that silk culture (so goes thetradition) was introduced into Europe in 552 by two Persianmonks who had discovered the arts and methods of silk raisingin China and secretly conveyed the silkworm eggs to Con-stantinople, where soon a royal factory was established and a statemonopoly was set up for the manufacture of silk fabrics. The Byzantine court thus held the monopoly in

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