Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 487
the expressive gestures, and the comparative correctness ofform, even in the more difficult positions, command an interest anda respect due only to original creations,—never to a merely tradi-tional work, however superior in technical respects. Such originality is not found in the Column of… … Fig. 274.—Adoration of the Magi. Relief upon the Bronze Gates of Hildesheim. columns of Corvey, but certainly owes its spiral decoration of reliefsto reminiscences of the Column of Trajan or that of Marcus Aure-lius. The influence of these models is unmistakable, not only in thearrangement of the…
Art, Medieval
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