Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

268 Aтts апd Cгafts iп tЬе l\fiddle Ages

acЬieveшents is tЬе g1·eat шedallion with an open back­ ground, wЬiсЬ Ьапgs iп tl1e ccпtre of the Chшch of St. I,oгenz. It s}юws t,vo laгgc апd graccfнl figшes, - Магу and the A11gel Gabгicl, tЬе sнbject being the Anпunciatioп. А ,vreatЬ of aпgels ашl flO\vcгs suггotшds thc wlюle, \Yitl1 sшall шedallio11s гcp1·escпting the scveп joys of tl1c Yiгgiп. It is а шastci·ly ,vшk, апd \\'as pгcsented Ьу Апtоп Тнсhег iв 1518. Vcit Stoss was tЬе leadi11g figuгe ашопg vvoocl сагvегs of the Reпais­ saпce, altlюнgl1 Albгecht Dйгсr comЬiпcd tllis vvitl1 his many accoшplisl11ne11ts, as ,vell. Sоше of thc caгviнgs iп ,vood i11 tl1c с]шреl of Нешу УП. at "\Уrstшi11ster, аге adaptc(J fгош dгa,vil1gs Ьу АlЬгссЬt Diiгeг, апс1 а1·е ргоЬаЫу tЬе ,voгk of Gегшапs. Two of thcse, Deпick vап Gгovc ашl Giles vап Castel, wеге ,vorkiпg at St. Geoгge's, "\Yindsш, about tl1e same tiшe. The vcry fiпest ехашрlе of Ni.iгembeгg caгviпg, hо"'·­ СУег, is tl1e famous wooden Madonna, ,vЫсЬ has been ascгibed to Реtег Yiscl1eг tЬе Уоtшgег, both Ьу Неп von Bezold апd Ьу Cecil Headlam. It seems vегу reasonaЫe after а study of the otheг works of tЬis гemarkaЫe son of Реtег Vischer, fог tl1ere is no otheг carver of the peгiod, in all Ni.iremberg, who could have execнted sнch а fla,Ylessly lovely figuгe. One of the noted wood carYers in Spain in the Re­ naissance, was Alonso Cano. Не "таs а native of Gran�da and was born in 1601. His father was а carver of "re­ taЫos," and bгought the Ьоу up to follow his profession.