. Art in France. ror of their terrible predictions. The principal figures of the Gospel change their appearance. Christ detaches Himselffrom the tympanum onwhich the Romanesqueartists had carved Hisfigure in relief, seatedamidst the Elders of theApocalypse or the sym-bols of the Evangelists(Fig. 122). This attitudeHe now retains only inthe Last Judgment, overwhich He presides on thewest fronts of our cathe-drals. But later He is tobe found standing alone,upon the central pier of certain doorways, instinct with an in-dividuality, a personal significance which owes nothing to figuressurrounding
. Art in France. ror of their terrible predictions. The principal figures of the Gospel change their appearance. Christ detaches Himselffrom the tympanum onwhich the Romanesqueartists had carved Hisfigure in relief, seatedamidst the Elders of theApocalypse or the sym-bols of the Evangelists(Fig. 122). This attitudeHe now retains only inthe Last Judgment, overwhich He presides on thewest fronts of our cathe-drals. But later He is tobe found standing alone,upon the central pier of certain doorways, instinct with an in-dividuality, a personal significance which owes nothing to figuressurrounding Him, or to a scene in which He Is taking part. Hisattitude has becomecalmer. His face nobler;in one hand He holdsthe Word of Truth, andwith the other He makesthe sign of this tranquil figurethe sculptors of the thir-teenth century gave in-comparable majesty. TheBeau Dieu of Amiens,draped In an ample, flow-ing toga, lifts a face sogende that a soft lightseems to shine from It;revelation could not be. FIG. 143. -PLANT ORNAMENT OF THE CATHEDRALOF REIMS.
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