. Art in France. KU:. 351.— JKAN fontaink , PARIS. GOTHIC STYLE TO CLASSICAL ART appear still more fragileand delicate. Corneille deLyon was fond of settingthese white faces against agreen background, for thesake of the rosy irradiationsuch a scheme imparts tothem. Few colours wereused in these portraits;sometimes these weredispensed with altogether;simple drawings, with afew touches of red chalk,suffice to suggest thevivacity of the glance and FIG. 353. TOMB OF PHILIPPE DE CH.^BOT. (The Louvre, Paris.) tion, that this, after havingcreated the Gothic formshould have aban

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. Art in France. KU:. 351.— JKAN fontaink , PARIS. GOTHIC STYLE TO CLASSICAL ART appear still more fragileand delicate. Corneille deLyon was fond of settingthese white faces against agreen background, for thesake of the rosy irradiationsuch a scheme imparts tothem. Few colours wereused in these portraits;sometimes these weredispensed with altogether;simple drawings, with afew touches of red chalk,suffice to suggest thevivacity of the glance and FIG. 353. TOMB OF PHILIPPE DE CH.^BOT. (The Louvre, Paris.) tion, that this, after havingcreated the Gothic formshould have abandoned italtogether in favour ofclassical art. The otherEuropean countries wentthrough the same meta-morphosis. But the classicregions, such as Italy, hadnever fully accepted.

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