Nixon-Roulet, Mary F · Boston : Marlier & Co. · leaf 172
for this match-less picture and he would seem to us asone, Who, journeying through the darkness, bears alight behind,That profits not himself, but makes his fol-lowers wise. The Madonna is clad in long, floating gar-ments, their draperies indescribably grace-ful. She gazes upon the Child-God,… … The Painter of Angels creations of which all visitors to the LilyCity of the Arno speak in wondering de-light as the Fra Angelico angels. Overthe antique painting ages have thrown asoftening veil which seems to render itonly more beautiful, and still the coloringbeggars description. Ruskin says:…
Christian art and symbolism · Painting
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