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Identifier: artinfranc00hour (find matches)
Title: Art in France
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944
Subjects: Art
Publisher: New York : Scribner
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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;. 128.—SOrTH PORCH OF THKCATITEDRAL OF CHARTRES. ART IN FRANCE
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FIG. 120.—PROPHETS. KINGS; RESfR- RECTION OF THE VIRGIN AND HER CORONATION. WEST FRONT OF NOTRE DAME, PARIS. was supple enough to followcontours. The motives form little medallionssuperposed in such a manner as to decoratethe window. An iron framework ensured thesolidity of the whole. At first this consisted ofrigid metal bars which cut across the mosaic; butat Saint Denis and at Chartres we already findthe brutality of this reinforcement yielding to the exigencies of decoration; the frameworkis made to surround and isolate the medallions,and the general arrangement of the glass gainsgreatly in clarity. The figures of stained glass windows typifya phase of mediaeval design, that of theRomano-Byzantine paintings and of the Bene-dictine miniatures; this drawing is harsh andstringy in character, defining the figures witha hard outline, and swathing them in closedraperies with twisted folds. The lead frame-work emphasises the hardness of the features.But this hardness is not gratuitous;

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  • booksubject:Art
  • bookpublisher:New_York___Scribner
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