Theory And Practice of Design And Advanced Text book On Decorative Art
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For instance, written inscriptions ornamentally treated are mnemonic, and in no sense of the term can they be regarded as symbolic. On Plate XX. Are given examples of symbolic details. Fig. I is a prehistoric emblem of Deity. The form of a circle points to early sun worship. The survival of this form is seen in the halo or nimbus of the Middle Ages. In Fig. 2 we have the Egyptian symbol of divinity, but in a more complex form. The circle is retained, and on either side are asps, symbols of wisd...om ; while the outstretched wings indicate sovereignty and ubiquity, attributes of the Deity. Fig. 3 is a similar emblem used by the Assyrians. Above the central disc is a form shaped as a bow unstrung. Being a race given to the pursuit of hunting, their conception of a god was as a King mighty in the chase. A variety of this symbol shows a King in the act of drawing the bow. In Fig. 4 is given the Egyptian scarabceus, or beetle, 104 THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DESIGN. symbol of creation, the idea of which is thus explained : The creature deposits its eggs in a mass of earthy refuse, which it rolls up into a ball, and which, by its hind legs, it drags into some spot exposed to the full power of the sun's rays ; these, acting upon it, hatch the eggs.
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