History of art . Amiens (xii to xiv Century). The cathedral. 308 MEDIAEVAL ART rivers, and to the winds that cross her skies. The menof this land have always loved to give to matter theimage of their visions. The first engraved and carvedobjects which the world knows appeared on the terri-tory that extends from the Atlantic to the Pyreneesand to the Cevennes. The Gauls beat, forged, andmolded bronze before the arrival of the Legions. TheGreco-Latin genius became vibrant each time that ittouched this soil. And yet before sculpture had departed from thecloister entirely, the saints, both men and
History of art . Amiens (xii to xiv Century). The cathedral. 308 MEDIAEVAL ART rivers, and to the winds that cross her skies. The menof this land have always loved to give to matter theimage of their visions. The first engraved and carvedobjects which the world knows appeared on the terri-tory that extends from the Atlantic to the Pyreneesand to the Cevennes. The Gauls beat, forged, andmolded bronze before the arrival of the Legions. TheGreco-Latin genius became vibrant each time that ittouched this soil. And yet before sculpture had departed from thecloister entirely, the saints, both men and women, hadbeen far-away gods whom the people could barely seeat the summit of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. Oncethey had gained the street they lived there. The localgod, the god of works and of days, the god of the foun-tains and the woods, the genius, who participated inall the acts of the agricultural, social, and industriallife of the people, joined the company of the saints—without any one perceiving it.
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