Sacred and legendary art : containing legends of the angels and archangels, the evangelists, the apostles, the doctors of the Church and St. Mary Magdalene as represented in the fine arts (1911)
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 149
the attitude of the Virgin, with her drapery drawnover her head, her eyes drooping, and her hands folded on her bosom,is always expressive of the utmost submission and humility. SoDante introduces the image of the lowly Virgin receiving the angelas an illustration cf the virtue of Humility: — Ed… … the angel floats in, with his arms crossed over his bosom, but stillwith the air of a superior being, as in this beautiful figure afterLorenzo Monaco, from a picture in the Florence Gallery. ST. OADRIEU isi The two figures are not always in I Ik; same picture ; it was a verygeneral eustoin lo…
Christian art and symbolism · Angels · Christian saints
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