Искусства и ремесла Средневековья
240 A1·ts ашl C1·nfts in tЪе Mi<.ldle Ages
ageгs " as casually as ,ve ,Yould employ bгick-laye1·s 01· plastcrers; and no шatte1· how bl'illiant the \Уогk, it was all inclпdcd in tl1e geneгal teгm "bпilding." Thc first piece of sigпed sculptшe iп Fraпce is а tympanшn in tЬе soutl1 tгansept at Paгis, гepгesenting tl1e Stoning of Stephen. It is Ьу Jean de Chelles, iп 1257. St. Loнis of Fгапсе was а patгon of aгts, and took mпch interest in l1is sculptors. Тhеге ,vere t,Yo Jean de Montereau, wlю caгved sacred subjects in qпite ап extraordina1·y way. Jean de Soignolcs, iп 1359, \Yas designated as "l\Iacon et Ymageш." One of tl1e chief н iшageuгs," as they \Yere called, \Yas Jacqпes Haag, wlю floшisЬed iп the latteг Ьalf of thc fifteentl1 centшy, in Ашiепs. This aгtist \\'as impгisoned for s,veating coin, but in 1481 the king paгdoned him. Не executed laгgc statпes for the city gatcs, of St. Michael and St. Fiгшin, in 1464 and 1489. Тl1еге ,vas а scпlptOI' iп Pa1·is in the fонгtеепtЬ centuгy, опе Hennequin de Liege, ,vho шаdе seYcгal toшbs iп Ыасk апd ,vblte mai-Ыe, ашопg theш tЬat of Вlancl1e cle Fгance, and the effigy of Qпeen Pliilippa at \Yestшinster. It \Yas cнstomary both iп Fгапсе апd Eпgland to use соlош on Gothic arehitectuгe. It is rШ'ious to гealizc that the fac;adc of Notгe Dаше in Pa1·is \\·as Ol'iginally а gгeat соlош scl1emc. А lite1·aгy гelic, the "Yoyage of an Aгmenian Вishop," named Martyг, in the уеаг 1490, alludes to tl1e bcauty of tl1is cnдedгal of Paris, as being аЫаzе \Yith gold and colour. An olcl гееогсl of tЬе seгeen of the сЬареl of St. Aпdrew
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