Title | The story of Nuremberg |
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Publisher | J. M. Dent & Co. |
Date | 1899 |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Extent | 303 pages; 18 cm |
Original Item Location | DD901.N93 H4 1899 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1684865~S11 |
Digital Collection | Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic |
Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
Identifier | exotic_201304_001 |
Title | Page 211 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_001_214.jpg |
Transcript | (' Arts an ts Clad in graceful, flowing robes, their expression and whole attitude expressive both of vigour and of tranquil d ese statues are wholly admirable. I know no sculpture or painting which conveys to a higher degree the sense of the intellectual and moral ngth which centred in these first followers of Christ. That characteristic pervades them all, but the unity of suggestion is conveyed through a ch apostle stands fort i igour of his own inspired personality. east end of the monument are St. Peter and St Andr< c north, or right side as we face these, are SS. Simon, Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew ; on the south, or l< Philip, and Paul; and on the west SS. Thadda-us and ties are surmounted by the forms of the s of the C rather perhaps of the twelve minor prophets. Beneath the apostles, on the substructure in a r west, is a fine statue of e corresponding place on the other end of the monument is the excellent statue of P. er himself, to which we have referred. Right at the bottom, at the foot of the four corner are the nude figures of Nimrod with his bow and quiver, of Samson with the slaughtered lion and jawbon sg, Perseu ord and shieic in con innumerable other little animals; Hercules with a club. Between these heroes, in the cent- r side, an- ;ures representing the four chief manly Virtues ■ coat -erance with vessel and globe, Truth with n. d Justice with •word and balance. In all, beesnee the apostles and prophet-. are seventv-two figure*, in the 21 i |