Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . e the Virgin and Joseph ; on each side, two angels. Thekings approach, dressed as Roman warriors, with helmets ontheir heads. In the mosaic in the church of Sant Apollinare-Novo, atRavenna, the Virgin receives them seated on a throne, at-tended by the archangels ;they approach, wearingcrowns on their heads,and bending in attitudes ofreverence: all three figuresare exactly alike, and ra-ther less in proportion thanthe divine group. Immediately on the re-vival of art we find theAdoration
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . e the Virgin and Joseph ; on each side, two angels. Thekings approach, dressed as Roman warriors, with helmets ontheir heads. In the mosaic in the church of Sant Apollinare-Novo, atRavenna, the Virgin receives them seated on a throne, at-tended by the archangels ;they approach, wearingcrowns on their heads,and bending in attitudes ofreverence: all three figuresare exactly alike, and ra-ther less in proportion thanthe divine group. Immediately on the re-vival of art we find theAdoration of the Kingstreated in the Byzantinestyle, with few soon, however, in theearly Florentine school, theartists began to avail them-selves of that picturesquevariety of groups of whichthe story admitted. In the legends of the four-teenth century, the kingshad become distinct personages, under the names of Caspar,Melchior, and Balthasar: the first being always a very agedman, with a long white beard; the second, a middle-aged man ;the third is young, and frequently he is a Moor or Negro, to. 112 Taddeo Gaddi. THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI. 233 express the king of Ethiopia or Nubia, and also to indicate thatwhen the Gentiles were called to salvation, all the continentsand races of the earth, of whatever complexion, were difference of ages is indicated in the Greek formula; butthe difference of complexion is a modern innovation, andmore frequently found in the German than in the Italianschools. In the old legend of the Three Kings, as insertedin Wrights ^ Chester Mysteries, Jasper, or Caspar, is Kingof Tarsus, the land of merchants; he makes the offering ofgold. Melchior, the King of Arabia and Nubia, offers frank- .^ 1- ,.-/ r\
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