. The encyclopedia of Sunday schools and religious education (Volume 3); giving a world-wide view of the history and progress of the Sunday school and the development of religious f the latter we find somethingmore; Cimabue still painted—thoughbeautifully—only the Madonna, and theSt. Joseph and the Christ. These hemade living. But Giotto came from thefield and saw with his simple eyes a low-lier worth, and he painted the Madonna,and St. Joseph and the Christ—yes, byall means if you choose to call them so,but essentially Mamma, Papa, and theBaby. For he defines and exalts everyswe
. The encyclopedia of Sunday schools and religious education (Volume 3); giving a world-wide view of the history and progress of the Sunday school and the development of religious f the latter we find somethingmore; Cimabue still painted—thoughbeautifully—only the Madonna, and theSt. Joseph and the Christ. These hemade living. But Giotto came from thefield and saw with his simple eyes a low-lier worth, and he painted the Madonna,and St. Joseph and the Christ—yes, byall means if you choose to call them so,but essentially Mamma, Papa, and theBaby. For he defines and exalts everysweet incident of human nature, andmakes dear to daily life every mystic im-agination of natures greater than ourown. He makes the simplest householdduties sacred, and the highest religiouspassions serviceable and just. The deep religious sentiment shown inthe work of Fra Angelico has never beenexcelled: the purity of his young angelsand the heatiflc expression of his saintsare especially significant. The contribution of the trinity ofpainters of the fifteenth century must beonly suggested in single trenchant sen-tences: Michelangelo found—to usehis own image—the means of shaping. V *l fa £ %£PS ~fa 0 w ., £ £
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