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 (1892)
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 336
e. But in Art this action, £ Touch me not,’ needs no vindication. He has passed the gates of death. She •is still on our side of them. He is the same, yet mysteriously changed, for mortality has put on immortality. A narrow space only divides them, but yet it is ‘ the insuperable threshold,’ and… … wider view of the scene. It would seem as if he had read the words of St. Chrysostom, for the two angels sit solemnly at the head and foot of the tomb, within a few feet of the Magdalen, each looking and one pointing at Christ, as if they had just aroused her percep¬ tion to whom it is she has so…
Jesus Christ -- Art · Christian art and symbolism
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