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Studies in East Christian and Roman art (1914)

Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877-1955, Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 82

An illustration from Studies in East Christian and Roman art, 1914, leaf 82
companied by the Magdalen and the other Mary (Fig. 19, 2). The carrying of the body follows as before to the right. In the incised design of one of the panels of the bronze doors of St. Paul's at Rome (late eleventh century, Fig. 19, 3), the com- position has finally arrived at a form closely… … FIG. 19. Examples ok the Descent from the Cross, showing the Evo- LUTKJN OF its ICONOGRAPHY FROM THE NiNTH TO THE TWELFTH CeNTURY. of the Lord, but again stands upon a footstool or pedestal, and two other motifs of the Freer Descent from the Cross are present, the gesture of Mary as she presses the…

Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919 · Illumination of books and manuscripts, Byzantine · Christian art and symbolism · Miniature painting · Painting, Byzantine · Painting

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