Franciscan legends in Italian art : pictures in Italian churches and galleries (1905)
Salter, E. Gurney (Emma Gurney), b. 1875 · London : J.M. Dent · leaf 166
and a leatherbelt. The most beautiful representations of himare those by Fra Angelico at San Marco, Florence.In several he is seen kneeling at the foot of theCross. But Dominic and his story did not lendthemselves to pictorial treatment as did the Um-brian Saint and his enchanting legends, which… … ST. DOMINIC AND ST. FRANCIS 127 pointed out, the splendid figure of Thomas Aqui-nas tended to supersede that of the Founder of hisOrder. Pictures of his Triumph became toDominicans what pictures of St. Francis receivingthe stigmata were to Franciscans, i.e. almost parallelsto the Transfiguration…
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 · Art, Italian · Christian art and symbolism
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