Religious art in France, XIII century; a study in mediaeval iconography and its sources of inspiration (1913)
Mâle, Emile, 1862-1954, Nussey, Dora · London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 256
for the greater part of the fourteenth/ From France it spread almost throughout Europe, coinciding with the diffusion of French Gothic art. Other innovations of the same kind are due to the thirteenth-century artists who, while retaining a profound respect for tradition, strove to in- troduce life… … Fig. 112.— The Magi asleep in one bed (part of the jubé at Chartres) bridle, walks straight before it carrying his goods on his shoulder at the end of a stick ; in the thirteenth century nothing is changed except that Joseph turns his head, casting a look of solicitude on mother and child' (Fig.…
Christian art and symbolism · Art · Art, Medieval
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