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 159
sapphire-coloured brilliancy, it has divided the night from the day.^ ^ Brugsch, Religion nnd Mythologie der Alten ^gypter, i. p. 103;cf. Goodyear, p. 6. 136 EVOLUTION IN ART. At Denderah a king makes an offering of the lotus to the Sun-god, Horus, with the words, I offer thee the flower whichwas… … Fig, 72.—Lotus flowers and bud, paintedon the coffin of a mummy from theNecropolis of Thebes, TwentiethDynasty; after Prisse dAvennes. an altar beforewho is crowned with thesolar disc. Osiris is thesun in the Lower World—/.^., during the night, and the father of Horus. Horus is sometimes…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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