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History of mediaeval art (1887)

Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 668

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these earlier works, which in technical respect, and in-dependence of design are masterpieces. The head, especially havegreat character and individuality, and are in no wise inferior to thebest works of his contemporaries. Notwithstanding the fact thatthese productions were far more elegant than… … Fig. 392.—Tomb of Archbishop Ernst in the Cathedral of Magdeburg, by Peter Vischer. Peter Vischers celebrated shrine of St.Sebaldus, even more thanthe Annunciation by Veit Stoss, may be considered as marking adecided advance towards the Renaissance. The architectural frame-work of the monument is…

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