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Image from page 130 of "Art in France" (1911) by Internet Archive Book Images

<b>Identifier</b>: artinfranc00hour <b>Title</b>: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidartinfranc00hour">Art in France</a> <b>Year</b>: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1911">1911</a> (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1910">1910s</a>) <b>Authors</b>: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorHourticq__Louis__1875_1944">Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944</a> <b>Subjects</b>: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectArt">Art</a> <b>Publisher</b>: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherNew_York___Scribner">New York : Scribner</a> <b>Contributing Library</b>: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorRobarts___University_of_Toronto">Robarts - University of Toronto</a> <b>Digitizing Sponsor</b>: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorUniversity_of_Toronto">University of Toronto</a> <b>View Book Page</b>: <a href="https://archive.org/stream/artinfranc00hour/artinfranc00hour#page/n130/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">Book Viewer</a> <b>About This Book</b>: <a href="https://archive.org/details/artinfranc00hour" rel="nofollow">Catalog Entry</a> <b>View All Images</b>: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidartinfranc00hour">All Images From Book</a> Click here to <a href="https://archive.org/stream/artinfranc00hour/artinfranc00hour#page/n130/mode/1up" rel="nofollow"><b>view book online</b></a> to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. <b>Text Appearing Before Image:</b> <i>n Ifi.—SUA KK 1.11.1\IRi;iN FROM THETREASIRY OF SAINT-DENIS. (The Louvre, Paris.) FIC. 218. — THE VIRGIN AND lllll.D. (Muscc di-s Auguslins, Toulousi.) ings of an overthrown column, andthe cushion under the head is thesole indication that the sculptor in-tended to represent a recumbent figure.At the end of the fourteenth century,however,good sense corrected a fashionthat lacked any justification ; the foldsfell on the slab, clinging to the rigidcorpse and suggesting its outlines. Among the artistic centres createdby the luxury of kings and great 108 FEUDAL ART AND CIVIC ART</i> <b>Text Appearing After Image:</b> <i>FIG. 2ig.—FIGURE OF THE MAGDALEN. (Cluny Museum, Paris.) feudatories, Dijon was the one whichshowed most activity and splendour,and the ancient capital of the Dukesof Burgundy still preserves thesculptured masterpieces of thissecond Gothic period. This Bur-gundian art appeared and disap-peared with the power of theDukes; it was the result of a bril-liant political phase rather thanof ethnical characteristics. It isto be explained by the position ofa feudal family and its suzeraintyover the Netherlands. Thewealthy cities of Flanders, reservoirsof skilled craftsmen, had furnishedpainters and sculptors for the Parisof Charles V and Charles VI,before providing them for the Dijon of Philip the Good.During the first half of the fifteenth century Paris was in a stateof anarchy, and in the hands of the English, and Burgundyalone was able to profit by the labours of Flemish craftsmen. At the Carthusian monastery ofChampmol, near Dijon, where masseswere continually to be said for therepose of</i> <b>Note About Images</b> <i>Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.</i>
Saint Louis University Museum of Art is a tourist attraction, one of the Art museums and galleries in St. Louis, United States. It is located: 21 km from University City, 23 km from East Saint Louis, 24 km from Clayton. Read further
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