Anonimo francese, Motivo decorativo fitomorfo con foglie d'acanto
CODES / CLASSIFICATION
Entry number
1462
Archival series
Arte medievale
Container
22. Scultura medievale. Francia sec. XII-XIII
Folder
Saint-Denis
OBJECT
Object
Medium and dimensions
pietra
AUTHOR
Dating
Century
sec. XII
Dates (from – to)
1100 ca. - 1199 ca.
LOCATIONS
Last known
(Francia)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Reference
Stoddard Whitney S., The West portals of Saint-Denis and Chartres: sculpture in the Ile de France from 1140 to 1190, 1952, tav. XXII
NOTES
Notes
I capitelli in esame concentrano in essi i dati essenziali dello stile gotico francese, non a caso ornano due delle cattedrali più importanti (la Basilique Cathédrale de Saint-Denis e la Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Chartres).
Bibliografia specifica:
Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 2006; Snyder, J. E., Early Gothic Column-figure Sculpture in France: Appearance, Materials and Significance, Farnham, 2001.