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Maurice Denis
Notes on Religious Painting
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Fra Angelico: La Pala di Annalena, c1430
with paintings from the predella
On Christian art
On Symbolism
Ideals - Classical and Byzantine
The impulse towards naturalism
The survival of Symbolism
The full text in Word format can be downloaded here
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Scene from the lives of SS Cosmas and Damien in the predella of Fra Angelico's Annalena altarpiece with copy by Maurice Denis, 1898