Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . observer; and we mustcarefully discriminate between the sentiment proper to thesehalf-length enthroned Madonnas, and the pastoral or domesticsacred groups and Holy Families, of which I shall have totreat hereafter. Raphaels well-known Madonna della Seggiola and Ma-donna delle Candelahre, are both enthroned Virgins in thegrand style, though seen half-length. In fact, the air of thehead ought, in the higher schools of art, at once to distinguisha Madonna in trono, even where only the hea
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . observer; and we mustcarefully discriminate between the sentiment proper to thesehalf-length enthroned Madonnas, and the pastoral or domesticsacred groups and Holy Families, of which I shall have totreat hereafter. Raphaels well-known Madonna della Seggiola and Ma-donna delle Candelahre, are both enthroned Virgins in thegrand style, though seen half-length. In fact, the air of thehead ought, in the higher schools of art, at once to distinguisha Madonna in trono, even where only the head is visible. In this sketch, from a Milanese picture, the Virgin andChild appear between St. Laurence and St. John. The mannered and somewhataffected treatment shouldbe contrasted with thequiet, solemn simplicityof the next group, afterFrancia (48.), where theVirgin and Child appearas objects of worship be-tween St. Dominick andSt. Barbara. The Child, standing orseated on a table or balus-trade in front, enabled thepainter to vary the atti-tude, to take the Infant Milan School. Chrlst OUt of the anUS of. 120 LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA.
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