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Lorenzo da Sanseverino
Photo Hanfstängl
THE VIRGIN IN A STRAWBERRY-DECORATED MANTLE
Below are the Gourd and Apple, symbols of Resurrection and Death
(National Gallery)
Frontispiece]
THE
FLORAL SYMBOLISM OF
THE GREAT MASTERS
BY
ELIZABETH HAIG
LONDON:
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LTD.
BROADWAY HOUSE, 68–74 CARTER LANE, E.C.
1913
PREFACE
This little book has been written for the pleasureof those amateurs who are more interested inthe idea which inspires a picture than in thepicture’s workmanship. Naturally, the moreaccomplished the artist, the more clearly andattractively is he able to set forth his meaning;but with art criticism this book has nothing todo, and the attributions are, for the most part,simply those of the official catalogues of therespective galleries.
To explain completely even so small a branchof Christian symbolism as that of flowers, anexhaustive knowledge is required of the developmentof Christian theology, and of the varyingforce with which different doctrines appealedat different times to the public mind. But still,these notes may be of some interest to those whocare to trace in the work sanctioned by theChurch and reverenced by the people the historyof Western idealism, and who are sometimespuzzled by the conventions employed by theMasters to illustrate the Divine Mysteries.
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CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | Emblems and Symbols | 9 |
| II. | The Flower Symbolist ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |