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Article: Sculpture: The Great Art of the Middle Ages from the 5th to the 15th Century.
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- National Review
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- December 17, 1990
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The Great Art of the Middle Ages from the 5th to the 15th Century, has been translated from the fine French of the eminent historian Georges Duby, and includes texts by Xavier Barral i Altet and Sophie Guillot de Suduiraut. Covering as it does the thousand years of sculptural history from the fall of Rome to the inception of the High Renaissance, this book could not possibly be detailed enough to satisfy anyone who already has a good acquaintance with the subject. Nevertheless, its coverage of all the major areas of its subject will make it a sturdy reference work, and it will introduce many to the excellences of what is apt to seem a dry and pallid subject. Something ...