Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

266 A1·ts and Crafts iн tЬе l\1iddle Ages

al1ied to this art in ccclesiastical нsе. The sculptuгed forms were gilded and painted, and, in some cases, might almost Ье taken for figures iп faience, so ЫgЬ was the polish. Small altars, ,vith carved reгedos апd fгonta]s, "�ere ve1·y popular, ЬоtЬ for clшrch аш1 closet. The style employed ,таs picto1·ial, figures and sceпes being treated ,Yitl1 great natшa.lism. Onc of the famous make1·s of sнch altar pieces was Lucas Moser, iп the eai·lier part of the fifteeпth century. А little Iater eame Hans Schiileiп, and then followed Freidrich Herlin, " r ho carved the fine alta1· in Rothen­ burg. JOl'g Syrlin of Ulm and his son of thc same name cover the latter Ьalf of the century. Bavaгia ,таs tl1e cЬief province in ,YhicЬ sculptoгs in wood flourisЬed. The figures are rather stumpy sometimes, and tЬе draperies rather heavy апd lacking in delicate grace, but the \vorks are far more nнmeгous than tlюse of other districts, and vary eпOl'moнsly in merit. Tl1en followed tЬе great carvers of t.11f' early Rcnais­ sance - Adam Kraft, and Veit Stoss, conteшpoгaгies of Реtег \ 7 isclier апd Albrecht Durer, \-Ylюm we nшst consider fог а little, although tЬеу hardly can Ье called medireval ,Yorkmen. Yeit Stoss \Yas born in the early fifteenth eentury, in Nuremberg. Не ,vent to Cracow when Ьс ,Yas about thirty years of age, and spent some years working hard. Не гetшned to his native city, 110'-'·ever, in 1496, and '\\ r orked there for tЬе rest of Ьis life. А delicate specimen of his craft is the Roseпk1·anztafel, а wood carving iп