Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine arts. Forming the third series of Sacred and legendary art (1852) (14778462584)

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Title: Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine arts. Forming the third series of Sacred and legendary art
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860
Subjects: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Publisher: London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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side theportico, holding forth his lily; while above, in the heavens, thePadre Etemo sends forth the Redeemer, who, in form of theinfant Christ bearing his cross, floats downwards towards theearth, preceded by the mystic Dove. This manner of repre-senting the Incarnation is strongly disapproved of by the V. Theoiogie Abbc Mcrv, as not only an error, but a heresy; yet it was des Peintres. ^ i ♦ i • \ J J frequently repeated m the sixteenth century. The Annunciation is also a mystery when certain emblemsare introduced conveying a certain signification; as whenMary is seated on a throne, wearing a radiant crown ofmingled gems and flowers, and receives the message of theangel with all the majesty that could be expressed by theciaums. painter; or is seated in a garden enclosed by a hedge of roses; THE ANNUNCIATION AS A MYSTERY. 187 or where the angel holds in his hands the sealed book, as inthe famous altar-piece at Cologne. In a picture by Simone Memmi, the Virgin seated on a cai. fi.
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92 Simone Memmi. Gothic throne receives, as the higher and superior being, yetwith a shrinking timidity, the salutation of the angel, whocomes as the messenger of peace, olive-crowned, and bearinga branch of olive in his hand. This poetical version is verycharacteristic of the early Siena school, in which we often finda certain fanciful and original way of treating well-knownsubjects. Taddeo Bartoli, another Sienese, and Martin Schoen,the most poetical of the early Germans, also adopted the olive-symbol ; and we find it also in the tabernacle of King Rene, p. us.already described. B B 2 188 LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA. The treatment is clearly devotional and ideal where attend-ant saints and votaries stand or kneel around^ contemplating Bologna Gal. with devout gratitude or ecstatic wonder the divine mystery.Thus^ in a remarkable and most beautiful picture by FraBartolomeo, the Virgin is seated on her throne; the angeldescends from on high bearing his lily; around the throneattend St. John



The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to announce that she had been chosen to give birth to Jesus, the Son of God. The event is recorded in the New Testament in the Gospels of Luke and is a central moment in the story of the Nativity of Jesus. The scene typically depicts Mary and Gabriel, who is usually shown holding a lily, a symbol of purity, and announcing the news of the birth of Jesus to Mary.