A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 225
ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 200 Virgin worships the babe, but the accessories determine the differ-ence between them. And lastly there are the Pastoral Madonnas,in which numerous persons, such as the relatives of the Virgin orSt. Joseph, the saints and holy personages, are introduced as partici-pating with… … (Francesco Francia.) The Madonna, St. Domioick, and St. Barbara. La Madonna della Sedia. The pretty and poetical legend oftliis famous picture relates that centuries ago there dwelt among tht?Italian hills a venerable hermit, whom the people called Father Ber-nardo. He was renowned for wisdom and…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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