. Art in France. ewise king who built Vincennes, the Bastille, and the Louvre, aquadrangular fortress which combined many architectonic amenitieswith a huge donjon, dating from the time of Philip Augustus; thelearned king who loved beautiful manuscripts, and wrote on themThis book belongs to me, Charles; the collector of miniatures,whom the illuminators have shown us with his big nose and hisill-shaved chin, receiving some precious book as a homage; thebuilder of the chapel of the Celestins, whose image a sculptor set up in the porch, side by sidewith his queen, holding amodel of the building
. Art in France. ewise king who built Vincennes, the Bastille, and the Louvre, aquadrangular fortress which combined many architectonic amenitieswith a huge donjon, dating from the time of Philip Augustus; thelearned king who loved beautiful manuscripts, and wrote on themThis book belongs to me, Charles; the collector of miniatures,whom the illuminators have shown us with his big nose and hisill-shaved chin, receiving some precious book as a homage; thebuilder of the chapel of the Celestins, whose image a sculptor set up in the porch, side by sidewith his queen, holding amodel of the building inhis hand. The statue hassurvived; it is a tranquilwork, without brillianceor fire, but probably abso-lutely faithful; the manstill lives, with his wearybody, his narrow chest,his good-natured face, halfFir,. —(HATEAv OF ARyi Ks. mcditativc, half smiling (Figs. 209, 210). We find him again on his tomb at Saint Denis, carved by his imagler,Beauneveu; this statue is more commonplace; but we recognise the 85. ART IN FRANCE
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