. Art in France. [55.—THE BLACK VIRGINOF COULOMB. (The Louvre, Paris.) ART IN FRANCE. FIG. 156.—THE LAST JlDOMENT. CENTRAL PORCH OF THE WEST FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL OF (Photo. Neurdfin.) position takes on a less peaceful, a more agitated character. But at Bourges the drama becomes animated and affecting (Figs. I 56, 162). Here the sculptor has endeavoured to ana-lyse sentiment. Instead of contenting himself with a somewhat monotonous mass of similar figures; the risen dead, after rais-ing their sepulchral stones, gesticulate and entreat; above, on either side of the great angel who is
. Art in France. [55.—THE BLACK VIRGINOF COULOMB. (The Louvre, Paris.) ART IN FRANCE. FIG. 156.—THE LAST JlDOMENT. CENTRAL PORCH OF THE WEST FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL OF (Photo. Neurdfin.) position takes on a less peaceful, a more agitated character. But at Bourges the drama becomes animated and affecting (Figs. I 56, 162). Here the sculptor has endeavoured to ana-lyse sentiment. Instead of contenting himself with a somewhat monotonous mass of similar figures; the risen dead, after rais-ing their sepulchral stones, gesticulate and entreat; above, on either side of the great angel who is weighing souls, the final separation between the two worlds is completed. The damned are driven away and cast into the jaws of hell by horrible and grotesque demons; one of these has the grinning mask of a satyr. But the elect are touching to behold, their little curly heads irradiated by the childishj smile of an intimate faith (Figs. 148. 153). Until we come to the Nethedandish painters of the fifteenth century, we shall find no more expressive vision of the Last Judg-ment th
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