The great painters' gospel : $b pictures representing scenes and incidents in the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, with Scriptural quotations, references and suggestions for comparative studyBailey, Henry Turner
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The great painters' gospel : $b pictures representing scenes and incidents in the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, with Scriptural quotations, references and suggestions for comparative study
Bailey, Henry Turner
Jesus Christ -- Art; Jesus Christ -- Biography; Painting
_Hofmann, Plate 20,_ represents the arrival. The star stands above
the head of the child. The tradition is that one wise man came from
Europe, one from Asia and one from Africa (See _Ben-Hur_, Book I.);
hence Hofmann has represented one with the oriental turban, one with
a helmet having hanging side pieces like an Egyptian head dress, and
one with the simple band, the white hair and flowing beard of the
Druid.
[Illustration: Worship of the Magi.]
Plate 20. _Worship of the Magi._ H. Hofmann. 1824-
_Luini, Plate 21,_ following the same tradition, gives the African a
dark complexion.
[Illustration: Adoration of the Magi.]
Plate 21. _Adoration of the Magi._ Luini. 1460-1530.
_Maldini, Plate 23,_ also makes one of the Magi very dark, and adds
an earring as a barbaric touch. Moreover he gives each a crown (as
does Luini) because the Magi were supposed to have been Kings, in
fulfilment of Is. 60:3.
[Illustration: Adoration of the Kings.]
Plate 23. _Adoration of the Kings_. Battista Maldini. 1537-1590.
_Bonifazio, Plate 22,_ like Luini and Maldini, represents a large
company of servants to show the importance of the Magi, and perhaps
because of Is. 60:4-6.
[Illustration: Adoration of the Magi.]
Plate 22. _Adoration of the Magi._ Bonifazio Veronese. 1494-1563.
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.
_Crespi, Plate 24,_ has pictured Joseph's dream. An angel of the Lord
appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, for Herod will seek the young
child to destroy him. (Matt. 2:13.)
[Illustration: Joseph's Dream.]
Plate 24. _Joseph's Dream._ Daniele Crespi.
_Fuerst, Plate 26,_ illustrates the words "And he arose and took the
young child and his mother, and departed." (Matt. 2:14.)
[Illustration: Flight into Egypt.]
Plate 26. _Flight into Egypt._ M. Fuerst.
_Plockhoerst, Plate 27,_ shows the holy family passing through
southern Judea, accompanied by cherubs, but unconscious of their
presence.
[Illustration: Flight into Egypt.]
Plate 27. _Flight into Egypt._ B. Plockhoerst. 1825-
_Hofmann, Plate 25,_ shows them passing through the Wilderness of
Shur, Joseph with his broad axe for protection, unconscious of the
guardian angel who accompanied them, to keep them in all their ways.
(Ps. 91:11.) "That old serpent" is already in the wilderness,
waiting! His time has not yet come.
[Illustration: Flight into Egypt.]
Plate 25. _Flight into Egypt._ H. Hofmann. 1824-
_Benz, Plate 28,_ has taken as his subject the first moment of rest
in a place "even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as
thou comest into Zoar." (Gen. 13:10.) Joseph has a typical Egyptian
water-jar upon his arm. The little child is pleased with the flowers,
after his long journey through the desert, and holds a bunch of them
in his hand. The place of rest seems to be just at the edge of the
desert,--a secluded, well-watered spot, out of Herod's reach.
[Illustration: Repose in Egypt.]
Plate 28. _Repose in Egypt._ S. Benz.
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