Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

Sculptш·e in Stone

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sш·1·otшding tЬе 1ower part of а tomb is also carried out iп an exquisite ,vay on the tomb of Aymer de Yalence in ,Yestшinster. Some intei·esting saints ::tre earved оп the noгth poгtal of Aшiens, aшong othcrs, St. Ulpha, а viгgin who is chiefly гeno,vned for having lived in а cЬalk cave near Aшiens, ,vl1e1·e she \Yas greatly annoyed Ьу frogs. Ппdaнnted, she prayed so lustily апd industгiously, tliat she fiпally succeeded in sileпcing tl1em ! Tl1e thirteentЬ сепtшу 1·eyival in Fгance ,vas really а new Ьiгtl1; alшost more thaп а Renaissaпce. It is а question among arcl1reologists if France was not really more original and тоге brilliant tl1an Italy in this respect. А glance at such figuгes as the Yi1·giн fгom the Gilded Poгtal at Amieпs, апd апоthег Viгgin f 1·orn tЬе same cathed1·al, ,vill show the change wl1ich came over the spirit of art iв that one city duгiпg tЬе thirteentl1 centнry. The figшe on the гigllt doOl' of the ,vesteгп fa<;ade is а work of the еагlу pai·t of tЬе century. Sl1e is grave and dignified iн beaгing, her hand extended iп favouг, ,vhile the Child giYes the Ыessiпg in ca1m maj­ esty. This figuгe has the spirit of а goddess гeceiving hoшage, and bestov. 1 ing gгасе: it is conventioпal and monumental. The Vi1·gin fгош the Gildecl Poгtal is of а 1аtег geпe1·atioп. Нег atteпtion is given to the Child, and hег aspect is lшman and spirited, - almost rnerry. It rnay Ье said to Ье less 1·eligious tlian the other statue, but it is filled with more modern gгасе and charm, and gloгifies the idea of Ьарру mateгnity: every aпgle and