Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . HMnrirnl ^nhjerts. PART I. C6e %\ft of t\)t Wivsin iMarp torn fter aSirtftto fter ilarriaffe iaitft Sos^eplb* 1. TfeE LEGEND OF JOACHIM AND ANNA. 2. THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. 3. THE DEDICATION IN THE TEMPLE. 4. THE MARRIAGE WITH JOSEPH. u 2. 79 The Annunciation to St. Anna. The Legend of Joachim and Anna. Ital. La Leggenda di Sant Anna Madre della Gloriosa Vergine Maria, e di San Gioacchino. Of the sources whence are derived the popular legends of thelife of the Virgin Mary,
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . HMnrirnl ^nhjerts. PART I. C6e %\ft of t\)t Wivsin iMarp torn fter aSirtftto fter ilarriaffe iaitft Sos^eplb* 1. TfeE LEGEND OF JOACHIM AND ANNA. 2. THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. 3. THE DEDICATION IN THE TEMPLE. 4. THE MARRIAGE WITH JOSEPH. u 2. 79 The Annunciation to St. Anna. The Legend of Joachim and Anna. Ital. La Leggenda di Sant Anna Madre della Gloriosa Vergine Maria, e di San Gioacchino. Of the sources whence are derived the popular legends of thelife of the Virgin Mary, which, mixed up with the few noticesin Scripture, formed one continuous narrative, authorised bythe priesthood, and accepted and believed in by the people, Ihave spoken at length in the Introduction. We have now toconsider more particularly the scenes and characters associatedwith her history; to show how the artists of the Middle Ages,under the guidance and by the authority of the Church,treated in detail these favourite themes in ecclesiastical deco-ration. 150 LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA. In early art, that is, up to the end of the fifteenth century,Joachim and Anna, the parents of the Virgin, never appearexcept in the series of subjects from her life. In the devo-ti6nal groups and altar-pieces, they are omitted. St. Bernard,the great theological author
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