Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942 · New York, Scribner's · leaf 312
rom the very first this wasone of the strong points in French sculpture;each artist strove for, and attained, not only dis-tinction, but naturalism expressed through andby an almost classic formalism; the line com-position, from Vezelay to Reims, is a successionof ever-waxing marvels. At Laon are… … A HEAD, NOW DESTROYED, FROM REIMS GOTHIC SCULPTURE 243 (apart from the bas reliefs) as less perfect in thisrespect, in spite of expert opinion, than that ofParis, Laon, and Reims; less brilliantly composed,more heavy and realistic, while the figures them-selves are certainly not as slender and…
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