nd still morerefined conceptions, associated with the sym-bolical character of the lotus, would appear tohave furnished additional motives for its al-most general adoption, by the ancient world,as a decorative emblem of the very highestorder. Hence the otherwise unaccountablefrequency of its… … men of the lotus-flower, and of its use by theancients in the embellishment of capitals, wemay point the attention of our London readersto the bronze lotus on the Nelson column in Trafalgar-square. Although placed at so greatan elevation above the spectator, this centreornament, copied, like the…
Design · Decoration and ornament · Art
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