Sacred and Legendary Art
by Mrs. Jameson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860
- Title
- Sacred and legendary art, volume 1 (of 2) Containing legends of the angels and archangels, the evangelists, the Apostles, the doctors of the church, and St. Mary magdalene, as represented in the fine arts.
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: Longmans, Green, and Co.,1870.
- Credits
- Jane Robins, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- N: Fine Arts
- Subject
- Christian saints in art
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 69581
- Release Date
- December 19, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber’s Notes
- 2.Sacred AND Legendary Art.
- 3.PREFACE To THE THIRD EDITION .
- 4.PREFACE To THE FIRST EDITION. (1848.)
- 5.CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
- 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE FIRST VOLUME.
- 7.Introduction. — I. Of the Origin and General Significance of the Legends represented in Art. — II. Of the Distinction to be drawn between the Devotional and the Historical Subjects. — III. Of certain Patron Saints , WHO ARE COMMONLY GROUPED TOGETHER IN WORKS OF ART, OR WHO BELONG TO PARTICULAR COUNTRIES, CITIES, OR LOCALITIES. — IV. Of certain Emblems and Attributes. — V. Of the Significance of Colours.
- 8.PART I.
- 9.Of Angels and Archangels. — I. The Angels.
- 10.II. The Archangels. — St. Michael. — St. Gabriel. — St. Raphael. — ADDITIONAL NOTES ON ANGELS.
- 11.The Four Evangelists. — St. Matthew. — St. Mark. — St. Luke. — St. John.
- 12.The Twelve Apostles. — St. Peter and St. Paul. — St. Andrew. — St. James the Great. — St. Philip. — St. Bartholomew. — St. Thomas. — St. James Minor. — St. Simon Zelotes (or the Zealot ). St. Jude ( Thaddeus , or Lebbeus ). — St. Matthias. — Judas Iscariot. — The Last Supper. — St. Barnabas.
- 13.The Doctors of the Church. — I. THE FOUR LATIN FATHERS. — St. Jerome. — St. Ambrose. — St. Augustine. — St. Gregory. — II. THE FOUR GREEK FATHERS. — St. John Chrysostom. — St. Basil the Great. — St. Athanasius. — St. Gregory Nazianzen. — St. Cyril. — St. Mary Magdalene, St. Martha, St. Lazarus, St. Marímín, St. Marcella, St. Mary of Egypt, and the Beatified Penitents. — St. Mary Magdalene. — St. Martha. — St. Mary of Egypt. — FOOTNOTES:
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