Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1875)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, illustrator · New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong · leaf 130
eil, and placedat the entrance of the vaults of St. Denis, show that sculp-ture attained a large measure of- power very early in the i 114 HALF-HOUR LECTURES ON AST. middle ages. At the end of the twelfth century the sim-plicity and noble feeling of the monumental statues aresufficient to place… … Queen Eleanor, 1290. of the same time is pure and charming, the long figurebeing fully draped in regular folds. But, while the ex-pression and sentiment are so admirable, the invention isrestricted. At first the warrior holds his sword and shield;the lady, sometimes also the male figure, supports…
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