Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . tree, a fish, an anchor, the ship ofthe church, or Christ as the Good Shep-herd. All this is purposely simple, plain,and poor ; for so the new sect will have it,—the sect which was recruited mainly fromamong the poor, and which worshipped aSaviour on the cross who had not whereto lay his head. When Christianity emerged from itshiding-places, the seed of antique art whichhad fallen on the pathway of the greatmigrations of the peoples, was troddendown, or else lay dry and withered underthe ruins of the universal convulsion. Thebright soaring butterfly had lost
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . tree, a fish, an anchor, the ship ofthe church, or Christ as the Good Shep-herd. All this is purposely simple, plain,and poor ; for so the new sect will have it,—the sect which was recruited mainly fromamong the poor, and which worshipped aSaviour on the cross who had not whereto lay his head. When Christianity emerged from itshiding-places, the seed of antique art whichhad fallen on the pathway of the greatmigrations of the peoples, was troddendown, or else lay dry and withered underthe ruins of the universal convulsion. Thebright soaring butterfly had lost its sunny wings, and crawled about as a poor caterpillarin the dim cloisters of convents and basilicas. A mortal silence reigned everywhere ;the noise of the busy chisel had long ceased. Only in the silent catacombs did men paintand scratch a few rude images. This poverty-stricken art,—and indeed the whole aspect of the catacombs,—forms astriking contrast with the life and the landscape of this busy city. We come out of the. OYSTER-BEDS AT SANTA LUCIA.
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