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 220
contrast. But, in later times, |the old types, particularly in the head of St.Paul, were neglected and degraded. Thebest painters took care not to deviate wholly from the square headand short grey beard of St. Peter ; but, from the time of Sixtus IV.,we find substituted for the head of St. Paul an… … 69 St. Paul. (Greek type, eleventh century.) 190 SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART. I shall now give some examples, in clironological order, of the twogreat Apostles represented together, as Founders of the Church. On the early sarcophagi (from a.d. 321 to 400), St. Peter and St.Paul stand on each side of…
Christian art and symbolism · Angels · Christian saints
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