Evolution in art : as illustrated by the life-histories of designs (1902)
Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940 · London : W. Scott ; New York : C. Scribner's · leaf 157
-lily, or water-bean {Nehimbiu7?t speciosuni)^according to Professor Goodyear,^ is not represented in Egyp-tian pattern ornament. Its leaves (Fig. 71), standing erectout of the water, are bell-shaped and not slit. The calyx hasnumerous, over-lapping, scale-like sepals. The flower openswidely and… … Fig. 70.—Rough sketch of the Egyptian lotus {Ny77ip1iica Iottis)\ afteroriginal drawings by Professor Goodyear. and the care taken in planting it formerly seems to showit was not indigenous in Egypt. In every book dealing with Ancient Egypt numerousfigures of the lotus will be noticed either in…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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