. International studio. appeal is to the inner man,an Homeric mystic, if you choose,with Greek appreciation of thebeauty of the body, but Miltonic inperception of spiritual beauty, andin communicating the to him the evidence of thingsunseen is not merely a phrase. Faithis an element of his fitting out as anartist, not overcommon in equip-ment. Worship is not only in thelarge carrying out of ihe theme insuch a composition as the greatwindow at Syracuse, the Te Deum Liiudamus,but also in every detail. The Te Deum is acomposition of first importance, and shows inone grouping al
. International studio. appeal is to the inner man,an Homeric mystic, if you choose,with Greek appreciation of thebeauty of the body, but Miltonic inperception of spiritual beauty, andin communicating the to him the evidence of thingsunseen is not merely a phrase. Faithis an element of his fitting out as anartist, not overcommon in equip-ment. Worship is not only in thelarge carrying out of ihe theme insuch a composition as the greatwindow at Syracuse, the Te Deum Liiudamus,but also in every detail. The Te Deum is acomposition of first importance, and shows inone grouping all the characteristics of this its presence one understands that he is aman iml)ucd with the antique sense of the divinein art. A virile conception of the message of artmakes it possible to convey his message with tliis magnificent theme, more than one hundredfigures contribute to the Te Deum in three distinctgroupings, yet with unity, and interdependent, as BY FREDERICKWILSON XCVlII Frederick IVilson. Copyright, 1904, by Frederick Wilson H. H. HUNNEWELL MEMORIALARLINGTON STREET CHURCHBOSTON, MASS. BY FREDERICKWILSON well as separate, harmony. A choir of cherubimand seraphim and angels of the sun and moon andangels of the stars form the central and upper partsof the window, adoration and praise in every lineof faces and figures and in the symbolic wings. Inthe center of the picture, linking in worship the Oldand New Dispensations, are two Angels of mounting choir directly above are angels, maleand female, playing upon musical instruments andpraising God with song. The Law and theProphets at the right is full of strength. The firstfigure is Moses, then Daniel, the lion of Judah in-dicated beside him; Ruth the Moabite, ancestressof the house of David, with her sheaf; Melchizedekwith his chalice, David with his harp, and Isaiah,whose prophecy of Emmanuel is shown. In theforeground is the erect militant figure of Joshua,with sun standard and shield. In
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