The Fine Arts
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The colouring of Mediaeval Sculpture.
In the Mediaeval period, polychromatic architecture, and with it coloured sculpture, was the rule, and the most accessible existing example is the interesting relic of the older church at Rheims now built into the north transept of the Gothic cathedral, and shown by the attendant at the sacristy. This fully-painted work, where we see a wall surface, ornamental carving and a sculptured group of the Aladonna and Child, all brightly tinted in greens and reds, ...is sufficient to show what a strong polychromatic tradition was handed down to the later Mediaeval and Renaissance craftsmen. In Italian art all the wooden images, and they were innumerable, were gilded and coloured, and all works in terra-cotta (as was also the case in classical times) were treated with a complete polychromy. On the other hand bronzes were only gilded, and the incrustations so common in classical times do not seem to have been in use. Marble, especially in the form of the decorative relief, was gilded or touched with colour, but not in so realistic a spirit as is evidenced in classical work.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The colouring of Mediaeval Sculpture.
In the Mediaeval period, polychromatic architecture, and with it coloured sculpture, was the rule, and the most accessible existing example is the interesting relic of the older church at Rheims now built into the north transept of the Gothic cathedral, and shown by the attendant at the sacristy. This fully-painted work, where we see a wall surface, ornamental carving and a sculptured group of the Aladonna and Child, all brightly tinted in greens and reds, ...is sufficient to show what a strong polychromatic tradition was handed down to the later Mediaeval and Renaissance craftsmen. In Italian art all the wooden images, and they were innumerable, were gilded and coloured, and all works in terra-cotta (as was also the case in classical times) were treated with a complete polychromy. On the other hand bronzes were only gilded, and the incrustations so common in classical times do not seem to have been in use. Marble, especially in the form of the decorative relief, was gilded or touched with colour, but not in so realistic a spirit as is evidenced in classical work.
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