FOOTNOTES[1]The Germans, with more perception and accuracy than ourselves, term the therapeutic agent that we called the Turkish bath, the "Roman-Irish bath"—theRömisch-irische Bäder. Both the ancient Roman bath and the old Irish "sweating-house," gave out radiant heat from the walls to the bather, and did not depend on the supplying of hot air.[2]Notdraughts. The ancient Romans, it is curious to note, would walk in the open air after the bath; and both theFrigidariumof the Romans and theMustabyof the Turks were, and are, open to the heavens.[3]I do not know of any building—bath or otherwise, civil or domestic—in this country where the true spirit of Oriental colour decoration has been grasped. One of the chief principles which seems to have been missed is that in real Saracenic art the colours are employed in very small portions only, and no colour becomes insubordinate to the general effect.[4]Here is a branch of architectural design absolutely unstudied. Few architects visit the East, and none enter the baths there, either in Egypt, Turkey, or Morocco. The ordeal of the true Oriental shampooing doubtless deters the few who might be curious about these buildings.
[1]The Germans, with more perception and accuracy than ourselves, term the therapeutic agent that we called the Turkish bath, the "Roman-Irish bath"—theRömisch-irische Bäder. Both the ancient Roman bath and the old Irish "sweating-house," gave out radiant heat from the walls to the bather, and did not depend on the supplying of hot air.
[1]The Germans, with more perception and accuracy than ourselves, term the therapeutic agent that we called the Turkish bath, the "Roman-Irish bath"—theRömisch-irische Bäder. Both the ancient Roman bath and the old Irish "sweating-house," gave out radiant heat from the walls to the bather, and did not depend on the supplying of hot air.
[2]Notdraughts. The ancient Romans, it is curious to note, would walk in the open air after the bath; and both theFrigidariumof the Romans and theMustabyof the Turks were, and are, open to the heavens.
[2]Notdraughts. The ancient Romans, it is curious to note, would walk in the open air after the bath; and both theFrigidariumof the Romans and theMustabyof the Turks were, and are, open to the heavens.
[3]I do not know of any building—bath or otherwise, civil or domestic—in this country where the true spirit of Oriental colour decoration has been grasped. One of the chief principles which seems to have been missed is that in real Saracenic art the colours are employed in very small portions only, and no colour becomes insubordinate to the general effect.
[3]I do not know of any building—bath or otherwise, civil or domestic—in this country where the true spirit of Oriental colour decoration has been grasped. One of the chief principles which seems to have been missed is that in real Saracenic art the colours are employed in very small portions only, and no colour becomes insubordinate to the general effect.
[4]Here is a branch of architectural design absolutely unstudied. Few architects visit the East, and none enter the baths there, either in Egypt, Turkey, or Morocco. The ordeal of the true Oriental shampooing doubtless deters the few who might be curious about these buildings.
[4]Here is a branch of architectural design absolutely unstudied. Few architects visit the East, and none enter the baths there, either in Egypt, Turkey, or Morocco. The ordeal of the true Oriental shampooing doubtless deters the few who might be curious about these buildings.
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