Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

Tapestry

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ants persevered steadily at the ,vork; tЬе art prospered under Francis I., the whole force of tapestry weavers being brought togetЬer at FontaineЫeau, and under Непrу П., the direction of thc ,vhole was gi\ 7 (Ш to the celcb1·ated artist Philibert Deloгme. Iп 1630 the Gobe­ lins ,vas fully estaЫisl1ed as а laгge1· plant, and has ncve1· made anothe1· шоvс. Thc ,vork has incгcased evcr sincc those days, 011 much the same general lincs. Celebгated French aгtists have designed tapcst1·ies: \Yatteau, Boucheг, and otheгs ,vсге inte1·preted Ьу the bгilliant manageг ,vhose signaturc арреагs 011 tЬе \VOI'ks, Cozettc, ,vho was шапаgег fгош 1736 uпtil 1792. \Vith tllls technical perfection саше the death of the art of tapestry: the pictures migl1t as well haYe Ьееn painted on canvas, and all feeliвg fог the material was lost, so that the naiYe chaгm of the oгiginal workcrs ceased to Ье а part of the production. Among European collections now visiЫe, tl1e best is iп Mad1·icl, ,vhere over six hundred tapestгies шау Ье seen, chiefly Fleшish, of thc fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The collection at the Pitti Palace in Florence comprises six hundrecl, wЬile in the Vatican are pre­ served the original Raphael tapestries. South Kensing­ ton Museum, too, is rich in interesting examples of vari­ ous schools. It is а very helpful collection to students, especially, although not so large as some others. In 1663, " two well intended statutes " were intro­ duced .dealing with curioнsly opposite matters: one \Yas to eпcoUl'age linen and tapestгy шanufacture in