. The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types ; St. John the Baptist ; and other persons of the Old and New Testament. Man of Sorrows.(Drawing. A. Durer. Dresden.) 368 HISTORY OF OUR 26o Man of Sorrows. (A. Diirer.) gated by the natural mind. Our Lord on the Cross is either dyingor dead; our Lord risen is not bowed down with the sins of theworld; our Lord seated on the rainbow is a natural conception ofthe Godhead; our Lord enthroned for Judgment is in the fittingexercise of power. None touch the whole mystery like this Man ofSorrows, thus seated, nak
. The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types ; St. John the Baptist ; and other persons of the Old and New Testament. Man of Sorrows.(Drawing. A. Durer. Dresden.) 368 HISTORY OF OUR 26o Man of Sorrows. (A. Diirer.) gated by the natural mind. Our Lord on the Cross is either dyingor dead; our Lord risen is not bowed down with the sins of theworld; our Lord seated on the rainbow is a natural conception ofthe Godhead; our Lord enthroned for Judgment is in the fittingexercise of power. None touch the whole mystery like this Man ofSorrows, thus seated, naked and miserable, on a stone, yet effulgentwith the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father. This solitary representation, also, is the highest embodiment ofthis and of any class. Albert Diirer is prolific in all varieties—the title-page of his Great Passion is another instance; but herehe rises to his highest dramatic and religious power. The hidingthe face of our Lord—so touching a feature—is not here, as inmost cases, the weak evasion of a difficulty, but the wise avoid-ance of an impossibility; for Deity and shame are not compatiblein the same countenance, and it is not for us to gaze upon the Lord THE M
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