The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-05

that this beautiful picture has
style. that It IS only a family Sc
Of peasant life
Now, Il Is such learned critics
az this that stagger one What m
do these metlcuioue oarpers wantg
course 4 is : picture ~ humble fau
life and e IL this very truth, 7
nature of which this picture cap
sizes. that gives Il chsrm TIE v
WAS made flesh ard dwell afaons
Dwolt among just slain ordisary e
from whom nothing good could g
50 The high priests lhfnRht n
eur dear Lord worked aad went aui
ly about his WA. while his mel
bors loved an remarkea The lad al
BIC V'as not always surrounded bs
pnom ahareaccnt glem 50 NounE Mu
10 WIS wise sshen he painted this v
81 the Asme life IN sc. Juseph's shs
rue ether two pictures that ] "
to talk about go both Mays al
conception one hangs in tho Pr
and the other Is the treasure ~
Louvre. The picture in the Louvre
q Queen Of Heaven. She seems -
lightly on tho crescent moon. OF
tho poet wrote.
And the thin moon. newly nasceu
Shone in glory meek and sweet
As Murilio ,aiata her crescent
Underneath AiadUnna's feet.
Murillo borrowed his motif from
Johns vision ln the Apocalypse M
j. the wonderful woman who \
clothed with the sun whose head =
crowned with stars and under wh
feet the mooa Worahinesi. IN spite
hls picture the Virgin Is dressed
white with blue mantle. Tn
and around her cluster and no
ehefuha. They sport on the sil
clouds. They hover IN the air n
would minister 20 her whom q
adore. Il l. the joyous beauty
health of these babies that gives
and movement 90 the picture.
Madonna herself has statue-like
pose.
Murlli0 made the charm Of chi
huod especially evident in this imm
ulate conception for nitho the
~ the Virgin has a wonderful beat
though her figure IL II sweet attr
tivenesa. set IL IL upo nthe bles
beauty of these groups of cheri
that the picture popularity rests.
these blessed babies e Mary's I
are source ~ endless Jos % aFti
and TO every day men and womem v
know and love them the world over
Ny own Mary 81 the conception
IN Madrid and Il not dlfficulf 10
why Tits less renowned picture
peals more strongly 10 my heart. !
Mary q the Louvre Is a woman
knowledge She Is "A goddess II pi
it's. but she comprehends q little q
sorrow hoVega around her pubmIaah
bat my Mary is wholly innocent.
Is startled ~ this stupendous reva
heart for JOY. she l. blinded - /
gl0ry of the future. Her giriish n
IL lovely bnt - expression Of cxaf
tlon l. the marvel Of all art. You (
hear her say. "Afe II unto me
uordink 10 Thy wordi"
The Virgin floats apborue on ciou
Her arms are extended but nha I
pears 10 stand resting lightly o.
golden air Hoag cherubs flufter
her feet and wave palm branches. q
can almost discover angel faces
the mist. but set nothing takes fr
the ma lestie solitude 81 this Gu
Of Heaven. she rules alone aupre
Ia the blue vault IT the Say.
No man understood better than
this Andaluslan patnief The pot
that the worahlp Il wouan exc
wherever man has tried 10 wo~s
fiod There - Arten4lm, Kwann
Freya. All the passionate love II =
has been poured ~ their feet;
none has bad half s1a vgslen az hea
that Murliio say and immortalI
here On thla canvas. Here ell that
best IN BIN united n painting q
ture 81 the woman chosen ~ &C
80 he beheld her anxf now we see !
tees the perfect woman
Thee STANDING loveisest IN the D
Heavens
Ave Mariai only Heaven
Then.*