Christian iconography; or, The history of Christian art in the middle ages (1851)
Didron, Adolphe Napoléon, 1806-1867, Millington, Ellen J, Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 140
Fig. 178.—CHRIST TEMPTED. DEVILS IN WESTERN ART. 129 yet it has a bright aspect and eagles wings, as of one thatloved the sun and the noonday. [But more striking still is Le Diable en femme, wherethe tempter is disguised as a splendidly dressed, grandlydeveloped woman, from whose seductions the… … Fig. 179.—TE>rPTATION OF ST. PArHNUTIDS, CAÏfrO SAXTO, PISA. nolding his hands in the flame, while his face is upturnedin prayer. The Devil may also assume the disguise of a holy angel,as we see in the following illustration from the life ofSt. Juliana.* * Julienne (S*®), vierge et martyr à…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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