. Art in France. FIG. 251.—NICOLAS FROIIENT. THE BURNING BUSH. CATHEDRAL OF AIX IN PROVENCE. (Photo. Neurdein.) ART IN FRANCE. FlC. 252.—JEAN ADORATION OF THE MA(;i. ETIENNE BOOK OF HOIKS. (Condc Miisfum, Chantilly.) Master of Moullns (Figs. 256,259, 262, 263, 264) was primarilyihe devout portraitist of the BlessedVirgin (1480 to 1500): f»e[jainted her pale and delicate, andsometimes placed on her head thewhite coif of the Berrichonne when he shows her in thesplendour of her heavenly court, shestill preserves the ingenuous air ofa pretty peasant girl. The grea
. Art in France. FIG. 251.—NICOLAS FROIIENT. THE BURNING BUSH. CATHEDRAL OF AIX IN PROVENCE. (Photo. Neurdein.) ART IN FRANCE. FlC. 252.—JEAN ADORATION OF THE MA(;i. ETIENNE BOOK OF HOIKS. (Condc Miisfum, Chantilly.) Master of Moullns (Figs. 256,259, 262, 263, 264) was primarilyihe devout portraitist of the BlessedVirgin (1480 to 1500): f»e[jainted her pale and delicate, andsometimes placed on her head thewhite coif of the Berrichonne when he shows her in thesplendour of her heavenly court, shestill preserves the ingenuous air ofa pretty peasant girl. The greatnobles and high-born ladies ofFrance have not yet the aristocraticappearance which the Renaissancewas presently to give them. Thetypes of the district are as recog-nisable in their faces as are in thelandscapes the soft and verdant un-dulations of the Burgundian this attractive art lacks vigour; we feel that it would be easily influenced. Its finest quality is a delicate sensibility, a natural elegance which corrects the native clumsiness of the northern figures, without, however, giving them the superb atti
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