Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 438
selessly torn bymaternity and by love, and crucified at all times.Never had anyone said that she, unlike the living godsthat we nail to the cross, has not the consolation ofpride, that she allows herself to be tortured, and yetdoes not lose faith in her executioners, who are her sonsand the fathers… … Simone Martini. Calvary, detail. (Spanish Chapel, Florence.) 412 MEDIEVAL ART of the brow, in a head that rests on two knotted hands,or in the gesture of two outstretched arms. This workis the greatest dramatic poem in the history of painting.It is not to be described, it is not to be explained, it…
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