. Art in France. ions ofhis country and of his time. Thelightness of the technique, thelimpidity of the colour, are in perfectharmony with the natural aspects of Touraine, the soft curves ofthe blue hills which border the valley of the Loire, and make abackground for the little figures in front. The river runs lazilythrough its meadows, the sky is a light azure, luminous and trans-parent. Sometimes a town with its ramparts, or a castle, whiteand new, rises above the river. It is easy also to recognisecertain famous Parisian buildings, Notre Dame, the Sainte Chapelle,Vincennes, the Bastille,the
. Art in France. ions ofhis country and of his time. Thelightness of the technique, thelimpidity of the colour, are in perfectharmony with the natural aspects of Touraine, the soft curves ofthe blue hills which border the valley of the Loire, and make abackground for the little figures in front. The river runs lazilythrough its meadows, the sky is a light azure, luminous and trans-parent. Sometimes a town with its ramparts, or a castle, whiteand new, rises above the river. It is easy also to recognisecertain famous Parisian buildings, Notre Dame, the Sainte Chapelle,Vincennes, the Bastille,the gallows at Montfau-con. Scenes in sacredhistory are enacted by thecontemporaries of CharlesVII and Louis XI;sometimes we see theheavy men-at-arms whoexpelled the Englishmarching through thecourtly throng, well-to-docitizens discussing theiraffairs, or gossips chattinground a newly deliveredwoman. It is worth FlC. 247.—JACQUEMART DE HESDIN. THE MARRIAdE OF CANA. MS. I-AT. 919. (liil)liotlKque Nationale, Paris.). IM. 248. — CHARONION. 1 llE lORON.^TlON OF THE FRAGMENT OF THE PKTURE AT VlLI,;.NON. (Photo. LdHglois.) 122 FEUDAL ART AND CIVIC ART
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