Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 222
tree of the garden of Genesis, thetree of life, and the fatal tree of the knowledge ofgood and evil. Trees, too, were mans first shelterand dwelling ; no wonder a race descended from 200 II11: RACIAL INFLUKNCKarboreal ancestors should revere them and holdthem sacred. It is Interesting to compare… … sacred tree with the Assyrians, however, was thetree of life, which became with them a formalpiece of ornament. In it we seem to see, too, theoriginal form of a type ofornament constantly recur-ring in the art of all the Asiatic races, and whichwas apparently carried by them, or from them,…
Decoration and ornament
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