Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 212
estination. It was the fate ofGothic sculpture ingeneral to suffer froma difficulty of exactlycontrary nature tothat which had crip-pled art in earliermedieval centuries.Want of practice wasone earlier cause ofmedieval deficiencies,over-production wasanother and latercause. The enormous quantity of… … - ■ — —-^ Fig. 112.—West Dook. Lichfield. 198 ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL ART. there are two thousand statues has been mentioned. Under these circumstances rapid stone-mason andartisan work is all that could be asked, and we shouldrather admire the decorative success of the averageworkman than criticise his…
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