[Gothic Art (2)(continued (37))][15th March 1991]

[Redbook8:335-336][19910315:1000r][Gothic Art (2)(continued (37))][15th March 1991]

19910315.1000

[continued]

‘However, it is equally apparent that the figurative arts were not in step....* As far as the idea of realism went, earlier 13th-century painters ignored the elements of the 3^rd dimension** almost entirely – although this was one of the things sculptors were successfully exploiting.... Virtually no steps were taken in the exploration of linear perspective, and the pictorial style as a whole seems to have been directed against the sort of experiments in facial description and characterisation common in sculpture. These differences point to a positive sense of fitness and taste, and a strong sense of tradition, to balance against the desire for innovation.’

***

*[Sentence repeated from last previous ts entry]

**{cf [[Redbook8:317-318][19910313:1000]{[Gothic Art (2):] The Discovery of Light (2), Space and Expression}[13th March 1991],] 317}

***– ibid [Encylopaedia of Visual Art 4:] 602

[continued]

[PostedBlogger20for22122023]