Musee de Cluny
November 30, 2012
Room 14, on the second floor of the Musee de Cluny, and described in the guidebook as "Room of Paintings and Sculptures from the Late Middle Ages" was revelatory. The guidebook said, "The sheer diversity of the materials, forms and themes of 14th and 15th century sculpture is amply illustrated in this room."
I have never seen medieval sculpture like what I saw there. Nothing of that caliber either in skilled execution or in conveying emotion. Normally medieval work appears flat, but these were fully developed characters. There were also a number of figures displaying joy or delight, moreso than what one recollects of most medieval sculpture. [Note: I didn't take pictures of much of it. Not sure it would have been well-captured.]
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