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The bases of design (1902)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 229

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of ways—sometimessuggesting leafy trees, but generally radiating in 207 THE RACIAL INFLUENCE their principal lines fromacentrejiketheanthemion. The flame was a sacred symbol with many ancientpeoples, and it remains with us as the fitting emblemof inspiration. The o-ilded, almond-shaped glory… … PERSIAN POMEGRANATK FORMS (FROM A GOATHAH^t CARPET,SOUril KENSINGTON MUSEUM). ally appears as a kind of fruit or many-petaledflower, or flower and fruit combined. I am in-clinedto think that it may have originally had areligious significance associated with fire or life/while its beauty of contour…

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