Word: panels
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...central figure of the panel at the left is a wounded soldier, bearing in his arms the figures of Death and Victory. Death is represented by a drooping figure enveloped in a black cape and hood, while Victory is a female form bearing branches of palm leaves, and held aloft by huge gray wings. On the ground beneath the feet of the three are the bodies of fallen soldiers. In the topmost section of the panel, Mr. Sargent has represented two archangels with trumpets proclaiming victory, while on scrolls flying from the trumpet heads are inscribed the words "Death...
...panel at the right is technically a more daring attempt. The artist has represented a life like column of marching soldiers in uniform, blending realistic details with symbolic. The file of men crosses the panel diagonally from upper right to lower left, marching forward until they are almost life-size in the foreground. Alongside the marching column appear the symbolic figures of three women, on an heroic scale, grasping the outstretched hands of the soldiers. In the arms of the foremost, who is dressed in a blue cape and red liberty cap, there lies a slumbering infant. Behind her marches...
...standard-bearer holds a large American flag, which serves as background for a great American bald eagle, that hovers over the men with spread wings, open beak, and outstretched talons. Below and behind the whole scene is the deep blue background of the ocean. The tones of this panel are more vivid than of the other, the colors of the flag serving as a dominant keynote...
...accordance with the custom of exhibiting from time to time single loans of interest, the Fogg Art Museum is now showing in its Gallery a small painting by Fra Angelico. The painting is doubtless one of a series of panels which formerly formed the predella to the San Marco Altarpiece. Other of these predella panels are in the Academy at Florence; in Munich; in the National Gallery, Dublin; and in the Louvre. The panels represent scenes from the lives of St. Cosmo and St. Damian. The scene portrayed in the panel now at the Fogg Museum doubtless represents the "lady...
...panel is lent by Mr. Stephen Bourgeois of the Bourgeois Galleries, New York, and will probably remain for about a week...