Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . ays appears as a gentle mediator, a supplicantfor mercy. In the Day of Judgment, as represented in the strasturg. Hortus Deliciarum, we read inscribed under her figure thewords ^^ Maria Filio suo pro Ecclesia supplicaV In a very finepicture by Martin Schoen, it is the Father, who, with a sword three javelins in his hand, sits as the avenging judge;near him Christ; while the Virgin stands in the foreground. Vide Didron; and in the mosaic of the Last Judgment, executed b
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . ays appears as a gentle mediator, a supplicantfor mercy. In the Day of Judgment, as represented in the strasturg. Hortus Deliciarum, we read inscribed under her figure thewords ^^ Maria Filio suo pro Ecclesia supplicaV In a very finepicture by Martin Schoen, it is the Father, who, with a sword three javelins in his hand, sits as the avenging judge;near him Christ; while the Virgin stands in the foreground. Vide Didron; and in the mosaic of the Last Judgment, executed by Byzan-tine artists, in the cathedral at Torcello. 30 LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA. Pisa, CampoSanto. looking up to her Son with an expression of tender suppli-cation, and interceding, as it appears, for the sinners kneelinground her, and whose imploring looks are directed toher. In the well-known fresco bj Andrea Orcagna, Christand the Virgin sit throned above, each in a separate aureole,but equally glorified. Christ, pointing with one hand to thewound in his side, raises the other in a threatening and his attention is directed to the wicked, whom he hurlsinto perdition. The Virgin, with one hand pressed to herbosom, looks to him with an air of supplication. Both figuresare regally attired, and wear radiant crowns; and the twelveapostles attend them, seated on each side. In the centre group of Michael Angelos Last Judgment,we have the same leading motif, but treated in a very f^. JO.
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