Sculpture

Creation Story - Rouen Cathedral

 

 

The creation story craved in stone in the quatrefoils on either side of the Portail des Libraires at Rouen Cathedral.
 

Denton family tomb - Hereford Cathedral

This alabaster monument to Alexander Denton and his wife Anne (nee Willison), dates from about 1566. Anne his wife and the child by her side are the only ones that are buried here.

 

Don Garcia de Osorio Effigy - Toledo, Spain

This funerary monument depicts Don García Osorio, a knight of the Order of Santiago, shown in repose with hands crossed upon his sword, a symbol of both chivalric honor and Christian faith. Carved in Toledo (1499-1505), probably by a sculptor influenced by Egas Cueman or Sebastián de Almonacid.

 

 

 

Donatello

Virgin and Child

 

Donatello (c. 1386–1466): A pioneering Italian sculptor of the Early Renaissance, Donatello revolutionized Western art with his lifelike figures and innovative techniques

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