Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 126
odwill of thecraftsman was not always crownedby success; the humble artisanwas careful to preserve the typecreated by the great imagiers, buthe often omitted the finer gradations,and exaggerated particular features.The date of a mediaeval Virgin mayalways be approximately fixed by thedrapery; it… … 9.—FRAGMENT OF THE STATUEOF CHARLES V. (The Louvre Paris.) somewhat summary; latersculptors treated the folds of gowns as theytreated the hues of the architecture; they madethem smaller and more graceful, and tookpleasure in elaborating them. In the time ofCharles V. it was customary to pile up on…
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