A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 18
of sentiment and expres-sion when rightly apprehended. These symbols are used in twowaye : to express a general fact or sentiment, or as the especialattribute or characteristic of the person represented. My presentlimits allow but an imperfect and superficial consideration of thissubject. I.… … 2 SYMBOLISM IN ART. union of the nimbus and aureole. The nimbus belongs to all holjipersons and saints as well as to the representations of divinity. Theaui-eole, strictly speaking, belongs only to the persons of the God-head, but the Virgin Mary is invested with it, — (1) when sheholds the Saviour…
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