"Antiqui et Moderni" at Reims
Willibald Sauerländer
The radical transformation in style seen the sculptures of Reims Cathedral, produced from 1220 to 1270, is here examined light contemporary clash between "Antiqui" and "Moderni." A possible impetus for Antiqui, as Christ on wall buttress axial chapel chevet, saints Last Judgment Calixtus portals north transept, famous statues Visitation west façade, may be discovered surviving metalwork Upper Lotharingia, notably ars sacra Trier. process dismantling Antiqui followed upper reaches probably carved by same sculptors responsible portal statues. Reims, positioned imperial Lotharingia French "Domaine Royal," shown shift artistic allegiance emanating Paris Moderni triumph smiling angels façade.
Gesta