The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art: with that of His types; St. John the Baptist; and other persons of the Old and New Testament (1864)
49 INTRODUCTION. given with classically formed profiles, the angels and archangels an- other, and Christ a third. This is of an abstract and weird character, conveying a strange sense of the supernatural, perfectly in keeping with the abstract nature of the more general conception, which re-… … human head here serves, of course, as 11 Anslo-Saxon Head of Christ, in all Art, to distinguish one school from another, but it would be perilous to attempt any nicety of connoisseur ship. We annex, how- ever, a few illustrations of closely connected schools and times. The small illustration (No.…
Jesus Christ · Christian art and symbolism
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