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GATHERING SIMILAR CARVINGS among over 50,000 in this study is the first step in separating the work of individuals.
It has been my lifelong intention to identify some of the men who created Gothic. This is a beginning, a work in progress.
TYPICAL QUESTIONS might be: What else was going on in the towns where he worked? How long would it have taken to get to distant churches? As the carvers travelled, who did they meet at different sites, and how might this have influenced their carving? Where may men have met and spent time together and shared ideas? How long was a working life, and were their first works carved in adolescence? Are the dates clustered within a reasonable timeframe for an active life? Were carvers employed by one builder or were they independent and peripatetic? On a large job would all the carvers have turned up at the same time, or singly? Did they do other skilled work such as torus moulds or decorative framing, and can we identify them? FOUR ARTICLES
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The modified design suggests a second carver after 1140. The branches never cross over one another nor do the leaves overlap, but pass alongside, either tied or untied. The leaves are long and thin, and little buds poke out of the tendrils and fill the space under the corners. The long fronds, the w[..]
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Carver: LongLeaf, 22 capitals in 23 jobs. Active: 1109-1162 Filtered by Certainty !!
- LongLeaf - !! - 1100 s [ 1109
- Angers - Phase 2
- Saint-Aubin - chpt hse arch
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- LongLeaf - !! - 1100 s [ 1109
- Angers - Phase 2
- Saint-Aubin - chpt hse arch
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- LongLeaf - !! - 1100 s [ 1109
- Angers - Phase 2
- Saint-Aubin - chpt hse arch
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- LongLeaf - !! - 1110 s [ 1112
- Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello - Phase 5
- Saint-Lambert - nave (c)2
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- LongLeaf - !! - 1110 s [ 1117
- Nesles-la-Vallée - Phase 2
- Saint-Symphorien - tower base
- Unfinished, blocked-in core template
- LongLeaf - !! - 1110 s [ 1118
- Auvers-sur-Oise - Phase 8
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - east (a) 1
- Core template
- LongLeaf - !! - 1110 s [ 1118
- Auvers-sur-Oise - Phase 8
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - east (a) 1
- Core template
- LongLeaf - !! - 1120 s [ 1123
- Paris - Phase 6
- Saint-Martin-des-Champs - pier base D (d)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- LongLeaf - !! - 1120 s [ 1125
- Etampes - Phase 12
- Notre-Dame-du-Fort - choir (c)
- Unfinished, blocked-in core template
- LongLeaf - !! - 1120 s [ 1125
- Etampes - Phase 12
- Notre-Dame-du-Fort - choir (c)
- Unfinished, blocked-in core template
- LongLeaf - !! - 1130 s [ 1135
- Poitiers - Phase 3
- Notre-Dame-la-Grande - west front - lower
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- LongLeaf - !! - 1140 s [ 1140
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 21
- Saint-Denis - choir (u)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
- LongLeaf - !! - 1140 s [ 1140
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 21
- Saint-Denis - choir (u)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
- LongLeaf - !! - 1140 s [ 1140
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 21
- Saint-Denis - choir (u)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
- LongLeaf - !! - 1140 s [ 1142
- Chars - Phase 3
- Saint-Sulpice - nave (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- LongLeaf - !! - 1140 s [ 1142
- Paris - Phase 11
- Saint-Germain-des-Près - ambulatory (a)
- Core template
- LongLeaf - !! - 1140 s [ 1148
- Loches - Phase 1
- Saint-Ours - porch
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- LongLeaf - !! - 1140 s [ 1148
- Loches - Phase 1
- Saint-Ours - porch
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- LongLeaf - !! - 1150 s [ 1158
- Sens - Phase 8
- Saint-Étienne - nave (a) 1-6
- Second template, seems to be same designer
- LongLeaf - !! - 1160 s [ 1162
- Sens - Phase 13
- Saint-Étienne - choir (c)
- Second template, seems to be same designer