Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 130
of the accepted symbols. The dog-matic- interest must have influenced the art development, and mayhave occasione(l ilu- introduction of the new type whicli is tliere]>resentation of tlu mighty, the exaltetl, and sui)erhuman Christ.This type became common in the im])Osing mosaics, in some of… … lOG ARCILEOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN ART. (-•utiun ill tlie latter is inferior it mure lUlIy embodied the prevailingbelief. The re{)resentation.s of persons with uplifted hands as in the actof prayer, technically called Orantes, are quite frequentin the early Christian art of the Roman catacombs.While…
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