. 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. owed in 1436 on the Order of the Domini-cans, who migrated from Fiesole here, by Cosmo de Medici. Ingratitude for the gift, the pious hand of Fra Beato gave it a furtherconsecration by works which breathe the airs of heaven, and whichcan never find a higher development upon this earth. The cells,the cloisters, the refectory, were all hallowed by scenes from thelife of our Lord, conceived in that abstract form in which holy menliving in seclu
. 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. owed in 1436 on the Order of the Domini-cans, who migrated from Fiesole here, by Cosmo de Medici. Ingratitude for the gift, the pious hand of Fra Beato gave it a furtherconsecration by works which breathe the airs of heaven, and whichcan never find a higher development upon this earth. The cells,the cloisters, the refectory, were all hallowed by scenes from thelife of our Lord, conceived in that abstract form in which holy menliving in seclusion and self-abasement, and devoted to their Order,might be supposed to view them; while the hall of the chapter-house gave room for that great event to which all others convergeas the centre of the Christian system. This was called, not theCrucifixion, but the Adoration of the Cross. A reference to theetching will show this picture as supported by the bust figures ofthe holy founder, and of the canonised and beatified members ofthe Order of Dominicans, enframed within a semicircle of thoseprophets of the Old Testament who especially predicted the. &A Q S=3 &». |>3 H ^ S ;- ^ fe ^ Bjj S e ?- S :: @ ^ N S 9 ^ H a t-k ^: DOCTRINAL CRUCIFIXION, BY FRA ANGELICO. 189 sacrifice of the Messiah, and accompanied by a train of adoringsaints of every period and denomination. Thus it knits togetherin one unexampled whole the grand Christian idea, from theearliest glimmerings of truth permitted to the patriarchs of theold Law to the joyous confessions of faith delivered by the latestpreachers of the painters own brotherhood. To begin with the centre representation. This forms a large semi-circle, with the three crosses placed symmetrically, and with twentyfigures, life-size, ranged in various attitudes below. The Christ,with a small crown of thorns, is dead. It is a gentle figure, butlittle marked by bodily pain—the body straight—the head just benton one side—the expression that
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