Chapter I
Francis Plumptre Beresford Osmaston translation
THE RELIGIOUS DOMAIN OF ROMANTIC ART
1. The Redemption history of Christ 302
(a) The principle of Love as paramount in this religious sphere. How far Art in such a sphere is a superfluity 303
(b) From a certain aspect the appearance of Art is necessary 303
(c) The aspect of contingency in the particularity of an individual Person as such Divine 304
[(α) The presentment by artists of the exterior personality of Christ 304
(β) The conflict inherent in the religious growth, viewed as a process, though determining that process universally, is concentrated in the history of one person in the first instance 306
(γ) The feature of death only regarded here as a point of transition to self-reconcilement] 308
2. Religious Love 309
(a) Conception of the Absolute as Love 309
(b) Form of Love as self-concentrated emotion. Affiliation of such with sensuous presentment 310
(c) Love as the Ideal of romantic art 310
[(α) Christ as Divine Love 311
(β) Form most compatible with Art the love of mother. Mary, mother of Jesus 311
(γ) Love of Christ's disciples and the Christian community] 313
3. The Spirit of the Community 313
(a) The Martyrs 315
(b) Penance and conversion within the soul 320
(c) Miracles and Legends 323