Apotheosis and after life : three lectures on certain phases of art and religion in the Roman Empire (1915)
Strong, Eugénie, 1860-1943 · London : Constable · leaf 68
knee He holds the book of the Evangels,and He raises His right hand in the act of benediction.The figure faces the spectator in the hieratic frontalattitude, with no inclination to either side. TheEvangelists adore Him, but the central figure is uncon-scious of the act v/hich heightens and… … DIVVS AVGVSTVS 37 would happen were the Christ drawn into the actionof the surrounding scene. He would at once becomean historical personage participating in a definiteaction ; whereas the artists intention has been toremove Him, by means of the frontal pose, outside allconditions of time and…
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