The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 420
rtists no longerlooked, as they had hitherto done, towards Byzantium, they dependedon themselves ; and although some hesitation might still be felt, theyfound all round them models they could imitate, traditions they couldfollow, and masters to whom they could listen. Christian art had now… … Fig. 281.— The Beau Dieu <TAmiens ; a Statue of Christ in the Front of the Cathedral of Amiens. (Thirteenth Century.) sculptors. This carving is treated in the same way as the Greek heads 356 SCULPTURE. called Eginetic. There is the same simplicity of model, the same purityof outline, the same…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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