. The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types ; St. John the Baptist ; and other persons of the Old and New Testament. ossible, decorous, and pathetic (woodcut, No. 210). There is no VOL. II. I I 242 HISTORY OF OUR LORD. hoisting or dragging of such a burden. There is no anatomicaldisplay in the figures that do their work, and no aristocraticnonchalance in those who shirk it; but the body lies, placid andbeautiful, upon a simple bier, and is thus borne with equal care andreverence along. He thus at last chose the best mechanism for itsconveyance : and where
. The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types ; St. John the Baptist ; and other persons of the Old and New Testament. ossible, decorous, and pathetic (woodcut, No. 210). There is no VOL. II. I I 242 HISTORY OF OUR LORD. hoisting or dragging of such a burden. There is no anatomicaldisplay in the figures that do their work, and no aristocraticnonchalance in those who shirk it; but the body lies, placid andbeautiful, upon a simple bier, and is thus borne with equal care andreverence along. He thus at last chose the best mechanism for itsconveyance : and where Scripture is silent as to means, a painter isfree to choose those best adapted to his purpose. THE ENTOMBMENT. 243 The Entombment. ltal. Nostro Signore deposto nel Sepolcro. Fr. Le Christ mis au Tombeau. Germ. Die Grablegung, The Placing Christ in the Sepulchre is an important subject inChristian Art. Where the actual scene of the Resurrection, or scenesproving it to have taken place, were to be presented to the eye, theEntombment, as its necessary antecedent, could scarcely fail to ap-pear. Indeed, in many a representation where successive moments. 211 Entombment, with Virgin assisting. (S. Angelo in Formis.) are naively given in the same picture, the Resurrection is seenabove and the Entombment below. Thus Art combined the twogreat facts and dogmas of our faith—that Christ died and roseagain, and that through the curse on the first Adam we pass to theglorious resurrection of the sons of God. This subject is seen under two forms, too nearly approachingeach other in time to be considered as separate subjects. The 244 HISTORY OF OUR LORD. earliest representations, believed to be of the 11th century, repre-sent the body swathed in cerements like a mummy, in the act ofbeing laid in or upon an oblong tomb. Our illustration (No. 211)is taken from a wall-painting of the 11th century in the Church ofS. Angelo in Formis, in the Neapolitan The Virgin,here seen at the head
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