The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 129
cathedrals are a translation into stoneof the Mirror of Vincent of Beauvais,setting aside the episodes from Greekand Roman history, which wouldhave been out of place. It wasnot that the imagicrs had read Vin-cents work; but that, like him, theysought to epitoinise all the knowledgeof their… … FIG. lyg.—THE MEETING BETWEEN ABRAHAM ANDMELCHISEDECH.(Rheims Cathedral.)(Photo, by Giraudon.) under the lofty direction of the Church,which left nothing to chance. It waspresent always and everywhere, advis-ing and superintending the artist,leaving him to his own devices onlywhen he modelled the…
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