. Art in France. olarge a space; around Him, the tumultu-ous figures create such a confusion that it is not easy to grasp the great mystery which is enacted. In thesouth porch of Chartres, the composition is calm and well balanced;below the figure of Christ the little bodies of the elect and of thedamned are ranged in orderly groups, but the scene lacks Paris, the Last Judgment is represented in three stages withmarvellous clarity; above, Jesus presides over the last day of theworld; in the lowest stage, the dead come forth from their graves;in the intermediate space, the Archangel
. Art in France. olarge a space; around Him, the tumultu-ous figures create such a confusion that it is not easy to grasp the great mystery which is enacted. In thesouth porch of Chartres, the composition is calm and well balanced;below the figure of Christ the little bodies of the elect and of thedamned are ranged in orderly groups, but the scene lacks Paris, the Last Judgment is represented in three stages withmarvellous clarity; above, Jesus presides over the last day of theworld; in the lowest stage, the dead come forth from their graves;in the intermediate space, the Archangel and the Devil divide thesouls. But though it is clearly defined, the composition is perhapslacking in movement; there is a certain monotony in the awakeningof the dead (the execution, it must be remembered, is modern); thegroups of the elect and the damned are arranged in compact andwell distributed bands; the sinister cavalcade of the Apocalypse isconfined to the archivolts. At Amiens the same grandiose com- 77. [55.—THE BLACK VIRGINOF COULOMB. (The Louvre, Paris.) ART IN FRANCE
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