Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 60
s deifiedafter death. The re-ligion, grossly idola-trous in its lowest pop-ular form, and polytheistic in its highest phases as un-derstood by the educated priest-caste, possessed manylofty spiritual conceptions underlj^ing its externallycomplex mythology. Particularly important were itssolar… … Fig. 33. Detail of Sarcophagus ofMexkaura. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT branch of design next to temple architecture. Primitivefetish-conceptions never wholly disappeared; JNlaspcrodeclared that every Egyptian ornament was a talis-man, and symbolism characterized every detail ofdecorative art. The tombs,…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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