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Title: The Madonna in Art

Author: Estelle M. Hurll

Release Date: December 22, 2005 [EBook #17373]

Language: English

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[Illustration: _Madonna of Castelfranco_ Photogravure from the
Painting by Giorgione in the Parish Church, Castelfranco]

THE

MADONNA IN ART

BY

ESTELLE M. HURLL

Illustrated

A mother is a mother still--
The holiest thing alive.
--COLERIDGE.

BOSTON
L.C. PAGE AND COMPANY
(_INCORPORATED_)
1898

_Copyright, 1897_
BY L.C. PAGE AND COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

I. THE PORTRAIT MADONNA

II. THE MADONNA ENTHRONED

III. THE MADONNA IN THE SKY

IV. THE PASTORAL MADONNA

V. THE MADONNA IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT

VI. THE MADONNA OF LOVE

VII. THE MADONNA IN ADORATION

VIII. THE MADONNA AS WITNESS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ILLUSTRATIONS.

GIORGIONE Madonna of Castelfranco _Frontispiece_
_Parish Church, Castelfranco._

JACOPO BELLINI Madonna and Child
_Venice Academy._

GABRIEL MAX Madonna and Child

PERUGINO Madonna and Saints (Detail.)
_Vatican Gallery, Rome._

GIOVANNI BELLINI Madonna of San Zaccaria. (Detail.)
_Church of San Zaccaria, Venice._

VERONESE Madonna and Saints
_Venice Academy._

QUENTIN MASSYS Madonna and Child
_Berlin Gallery._

FRA ANGELICO