THE VIRGIN AND CHILD. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED. _Virgo Deipara_. The Virgin in her Maternal Character. Origin of the Group of the Mother and Child. Nestorian Controversy. The Enthroned Virgin in the old Mosaics. In early Italian Art The Virgin standing as _Regina Coeli_. _La Madre Pia_ enthroned. _Mater Sapientiæ_ with the Book. The Virgin and Child enthroned with attendant Figures; with Angels; with Prophets; with Apostles. With Saints: John the Baptist; St. Anna; St. Joachim; St. Joseph. With Martyrs and Patron Saints. _Various Examples of Arrangement_. With the Fathers of the Church; with St. Jerome and St. Catherine; with the Marriage of St. Catherine. The Virgin and Child between St. Catherine and St. Barbara; with Mary Magdalene; with St. Lucia. The Virgin and Child between St. George and St. Nicholas; with St. Christopher; with St. Leonard. The Virgin of Charity. The Madonnas of Florence; of Siena; of Venice and Lombardy. How attended. The Virgin attended by the Monastic Saints. Examples from various Painters. Votive Madonnas. For Mercies accorded; for Victory; for Deliverance from Pestilence; against Flood and Fire. Family Votive Madonnas, Examples. The Madonna of the Bentivoglio Family. The Madonna of the Sforza Family. The Madonna of the Moyer Family, The Madonna di Foligno. German Votive Madonna at Rouen. Madonna of Réné, Duke of Anjou; of the Pesaro Family at Venice. Half-length Enthroned Madonnas; first introduced by the Venetians. Various Examples. The MATER AMABILIS, Early Greek Examples. The infinite Variety given to this Subject. Virgin and Child with St. John. He takes the Cross The MADRE PIA; the Virgin adores her Son. Pastoral Madonnas of the Venetian School. Conclusion of the Devotional Subjects. HISTORICAL SUBJECTS. PART I. THE LIFE OF THE VIRGIN FROM HER BIRTH TO HER MARRIAGE WITH JOSEPH. THE LEGEND OF JOACHIM AND ANNA. Joachim rejected from the Temple. Joachim herding his Sheep on the Mountain. The Altercation between Anna and her Maid Judith. The Meeting at the Golden Gate. THE NATIVITY OF THE VIRGIN. The Importance and Beauty of the Subject. How treated. THE PRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN. A Subject of great Importance. General Arrangement and Treatment. Various Examples from celebrated Painters. The Virgin in the Temple. THE MARRIAGE OF THE VIRGIN. The Legend as followed by the Painters. Various Examples of the Marriage of the Virgin, as treated by Perugino, Raphael, and others. PART II. THE LIFE OF THE VIRGIN MARY FROM THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE RETURN FROM EGYPT. THE ANNUNCIATION, Its Beauty as a Subject. Treated as a Mystery and as an Event. As a Mystery; not earlier than the Eleventh Century. Its proper Place in architectural Decoration. On Altar-pieces. As an Allegory. The Annunciation as expressing the Incarnation. Ideally treated with Saints and Votaries. Examples by Simone Memmi, Fra Bartolomeo, Angelico, and others.