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The century of Columbus

Book 1 — CHAPTER VII

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SCULPTURE AND MINOR ARTS AND CRAFTS OUTSIDE OF ITALY 97

Names of sculptors of Low Countries often unknown. Tombs of Mary of Burgundy and Charles the Bold. Wood-carving, Bruges, Leyden, Haarlem. Germany: Nuremberg, Veit Stoss, Dürer, Adam Kraft, the Vischers. St. Sebald's shrine; Maximilian's Tomb at Innsbrück. France: Colombe. Tours a great centre of art: Jean Fouchet and the Tomb of Agnes Sorel: Jean Goujon and Germain Pilon. Flemish and French tapestry. Golden Age of tapestry. Recent appreciation. Beautiful altar vessels, enamels, furniture, locks and keys, jewel boxes, armor, clocks

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