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 64
ortion of His body. * There is more of true dignity in figuring God the Father thus measuringthe world, than as holding in his hand a pair of compasses, as in Fig. 149.The Renaissance, whatever may be said of it, infused into ideas and the modeof expressing them, a degree of nobleness rarely seen,… … Fig. 141.—THE THEEE FACES OF THE TRINITY, ON ONE SINGLE HEAD, ANDON ONE SINGLE BODY. A French Example of the xvi cent.* explication of the triangle cut off at the corners by the threecircles symbolising the three Divine persons, a legend isappended, which serves for a gloss, and interprets at the…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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