Religious art in France, XIII century; a study in mediaeval iconography and its sources of inspiration (1913)
Mâle, Emile, 1862-1954, Nussey, Dora · London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 242
URY was only in the fourteenth and still more in the fifteenth centuries that the third king has the appearance of a negro/ The artists were led to this new interpretation by the commentaries of the theologians. It was stated in the sermons of the day that the three Magi, prefigured in the Old… … Fic. loS.— The story of the Magi (biii-relicfs at Amiena) which have often embarrassed their interpreters. Beneath the large statues of the three Magi in the right porch of the façade of Amiens cathedral, are several small medallions which recount their history (Fig. io8). In one they are all three…
Christian art and symbolism · Art · Art, Medieval
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