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The lion and the lamb are a symbolic pair, since olden times representing the opposite qualities and phenomena - war and peace, ferocity and gentleness, hardness and softness...
But the artist introduces into the well-known images a new theme – that of mercy and atonement. The lion releases his victim and thus saves his soul.
This idea is embodied in a monumental image of a stone lion, raising his head and turning his eyes upward. There, in the heavenly heights floats a cloud – the gentle lamb, the Lamb of God.
We also know that the lion and the lamb lying down together symbolize future Golden Age and Paradise Regained. |
