Evolution in art: as illustrated by the life-histories of designs (1895)
Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940 · London, W. Scott, ltd. · leaf 168
, or water-bean (Nelumbium speaosum), according to Professor Goodyear,1 is not represented in Egyp- tian pattern ornament. Its leaves (Fig. 71), standing erect out of the water, are bell-shaped and not slit. The calyx has numerous, over-lapping, scale-like sepals. The flower opens widely and the… … Fig. 70. — Rough sketch of the Egyptian lotus {Nymphcea lotus); after original drawings by Professor Goodyear. and the care taken in planting it formerly seems to show it was not indigenous in Egypt." In every book dealing with Ancient Egypt numerous figures of the lotus will be noticed either in…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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