History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1880)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933, Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 189
raham in theact of offering up Isaac typifies the death of Christ. David as conqueroris also a type of Christ. Daniel naked in the lions den, and the three young i58 HISTORY OF PAINTING. men in the fiery furnace, are symbols of trust in the divine help in time ofneed. Christianity has also a class… … themselves ; for instance, the imposition of hands by the priest, or the conse-cration of the bread, with the emblematic fish lying beside it on the table. The every-day personage of the grave-digger, fossor, occasionally occurs ;sometimes in a modestly subordinate character ; sometimes standing…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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