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Excerpt from An Essay on the Madonna in Christian Art The first faint glimmerings of the dawn of Chris tian art are seen in the free use of the first two letters of the name of Christ as sacred symbols. Other types and symbols were soon multiplied. The first more elaborate subjects were mainly drawn from the Old Testament, as being more figurative and allegorical in its character, but gradually the New Testament and the early history of the Church were drawn upon. The head of Christ is among the earlier representations drawn from the New Testament; a few of these occur in the early period of the Catacombs. Other subjects were furnished. Gradually the Madonna was introduced, at first in connectioh with Christ and in a subordinate position, afterward alone or exalted to equality with him. Christianity had gradually triumphed over Paganism, yet in these early representations of the Madonna there lingered many traces of Pagan influence. She was a Christian goddess, embodying the beauty, maternity, and chastity of the Pagan Venus, Horus, and Diana, coupled with the purer and nobler stan dard of female character developed by Christianity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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