. The Open court . d presents the 36 THE OPEN COURT. beardless Christ in the center prophesying that Peter will thricedeny his master before the cock crows. The attitudes of Christhimself, of Peter who asserts that he will not be guilty of such anoffence, of Johns astonishment at the mere thought of a betrayal,are well expressed in spite of the awkward lack of proportion,especially in the hands of these three figures. (See page 33.) A development similar to that of the Veronica idea, in so faras a picture is held by supporters in an attitude of displaying theemblem of their faith to the world,
. The Open court . d presents the 36 THE OPEN COURT. beardless Christ in the center prophesying that Peter will thricedeny his master before the cock crows. The attitudes of Christhimself, of Peter who asserts that he will not be guilty of such anoffence, of Johns astonishment at the mere thought of a betrayal,are well expressed in spite of the awkward lack of proportion,especially in the hands of these three figures. (See page 33.) A development similar to that of the Veronica idea, in so faras a picture is held by supporters in an attitude of displaying theemblem of their faith to the world, appears in some paintings ofthe Greek church. We here reproduce one of these in which thearchangels hold up a picture of the youthful Christ in a twelve-pointed star formed by four intersecting triangles. Christianity hashere become the emblem of the government of the state, for thethree archangels represent the three functions of the the center Raphael as the representative of the church and the. CHRIST AS A tombstone at Spoleto. clergy takes the most prominent place. On the left-hand side, stand-ing on the right of the eikon, is Michael the representative of themilitary power, while the civil government represented by Gabrielsupports the left side of the star. Here the Christ picture is notthe suffering Christ in the Veronicas but is the idealized divinity,Gods vicegerent on earth from whom the secular government de-rives all its power. The inscription reads in Greek, The assemblyof the archangels: This picture is peculiar in one respect. It represents Christwith wings like an angel which is exceptional in Christian art. The idea of representing the church as a ship suggested toChristian artists the conception of Christ as a helmsman, an ideawhich appears first in the third century as indicated by passages inHippolytus (De Antichristo, Chap. 59) and in the Apostolic Consti- THE PORTRAYAL OF CHRIST. 37 tutions (Book II, Chapter 57). On a broken pi
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