. Art in France. popular imaginations supplementedit; legend blossomed around her,and provided her with a copiousbiography. In the twelfth centurythe Virgin was represented seated, and supporting the Infant God upon her knee; she was thethrone of Solomon. Jesus does not look at her; He is already preaching or blessing. It is thusshe was represented on the tympanaof the Romanesque churches, thusshe was carved m stone, m ivory, mmetal and in wood. In the Gothiccathedrals one entrance was alwaysdedicated to her. She stands carry-ing the Infant Jesus on her left hip slightly projecting, he
. Art in France. popular imaginations supplementedit; legend blossomed around her,and provided her with a copiousbiography. In the twelfth centurythe Virgin was represented seated, and supporting the Infant God upon her knee; she was thethrone of Solomon. Jesus does not look at her; He is already preaching or blessing. It is thusshe was represented on the tympanaof the Romanesque churches, thusshe was carved m stone, m ivory, mmetal and in wood. In the Gothiccathedrals one entrance was alwaysdedicated to her. She stands carry-ing the Infant Jesus on her left hip slightly projecting, her rightleg carelessly bent, in such a manneras to throw her robe into largeoblique folds. Her head is stillcovered with a corner of her mantle,in the traditional Eastern fashion;but a large royal crown discounts theseverity of this nun-like Byzantinehead-dress. Her features show notrace of the impassible stolidity of theRomanesque Virgins; her head is{Photo. MUiisemcnt.) inclined towards the Child, with half- 72. FIC. 146.—THE QlKEN OF PORCH OF THE CATHEDRAL OF KIIMS. COMMUNAL OR GOTHIC ART
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