Volume 1

Sacred and legendary art / by Anna Jameson; ed., with additional notes, by Estelle M. Hurll, and abundantly illustrated with designs from ancient and modern art.

  • Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sacred and legendary art / by Anna Jameson; ed., with additional notes, by Estelle M. Hurll, and abundantly illustrated with designs from ancient and modern art. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAGE Au TIIOUITIES KEFERKEI) TO BY THE AuTIIOK AND BY THE Editor xxiii Memoir oe ^Irs. Jameson xxvii Chronological List of ]Mrs. Jameson’s AVorks . . . xlv T. INTRODUCTION I. Of the Origin and General Significance of the Legends represented in Art 1 II. Of the Distinction to be drawn between the Devotional and the Historical Subjects . . 10 III. Of Certain Patron Saints who are commonly GROUPED TOGETHER IN WORKS OF ArT, OR WHO BE- LONG TO PARTICULAR COUNTRIES, CiTIES, OR LO- CALITIES 17 IV. Of Certain Emblems and Attributes 22 V. Of the Significance of Colors 34 II. OF ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS I. Angels. Antiquity of the Belief in Angels. — Early No- tions respecting them. — How represented in the Old Testament; in the New Testament.— Angelic Hier- archies.— The Nine Choirs. — Seraphim, Cherubim. — General Characteristics in Painting. — Infant Angels. —Wings. — Angels of Dante. — Angels as Messengers, Choristers, Guardians; as Ministers of Wrath; as Agents in the Creation. — Manner in which the prin- cipal Painters have set forth the Angelic Forms and Attributes 37 II. Archangels. The Seven Archangels. — The Four Arch- angels. — The Three Archangels 83 St. IMichael 89 St. Gabriel Ill St. Raphael 118 Additional Notes on Angels 123