In the arts, the presentation of natural events and objects as controlled by human emotions, so that in some way they express human sorrow or joy (a brave little snowdrop; the heavens smiled on our enterprise). The phrase was coined by the English critic John Ruskin in Modern Painters (184360), to describe the ascription of human feelings to the outside world.
The points of the star represent the first seven verses of the Koran. Red, black, white, and green became the pan-Arab colours. Effective date: 16 April 1928.