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About the Use of Models in Gothic Sculpture :a Drawing of Villard de Honnecourt for an Experimental Art History Test
Dr. Denise BorléeUniversity of Strasbourg
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Villard de Honnecourt, Album, ca. 1210-1220, Bibliothèque nationale de France,ms 19093, f. 18 r°
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Villard de Honnecourt, Album, ca. 1210-1220, Bibliothèque nationale de France,ms 19093, f. 18 r°, detail of the head of St Peter.
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The Cathedral Workshop Foundation of Strasbourg :stone cutting and sculptureworkshop
The dimensions of the sandstoneblock : 25 x 40 x 25 cm
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The sculptor’s tools
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First stage : the roughing (le dégrossissage)
Day 1, 11h43
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Day 1 : 12h39
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Villard de Honnecourt, Album, ca. 1210-1220, Bibliothèque nationale de France,ms 19093, f. 18 r°, detail of the head of St Peter.
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Villard de Honnecourt, Album, ca. 1210-1220, Bibliothèque nationale de France,ms 19093, f. 18 v°, detail.
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Day 1 : 15h10
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Day 1 : 15h19
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Check of the proportions
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Day 1 : 15:38
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Day 1 : 16h01
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The end of the 1st day : 17h16
Day 1
Total time = 4 h30
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Villard de Honnecourt, Album, ca. 1210-1220, Bibliothèque nationale de France,ms 19093, f. 18 r°, detail of the head of St Peter.
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Villard de Honnecourt, Album, ca. 1210-1220, Bibliothèque nationale de France,ms 19093, f. 18 r°, detail of the head of St Peter.
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Dijon, Notre-Dame church (Burgundy), head of statuefrom a western portal, ca. 1220
Strasbourg cathedral, head of statuefrom the south transept portal, ca. 1210-1220
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Villard de Honnecourt, Album, ca. 1210-1220, Bibliothèque nationale de France,ms 19093, f. 18 r°, detail of the head of St Peter.
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Day 2Eyebrows and ears are sketched
State at the end of the 2nd day
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Day 3
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State at the end of the 3rd day
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Villard de Honnecourt, Album, ca. 1210-1220, Bibliothèque nationale de France,ms 19093, f. 18 r°, detail of the head of St Peter.
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From Rougemont (Burgundy)
From the cathedral of Reims, north transept portal
From the cathedral of Strasbourg, south transept portal, tympanum
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Day 7
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Day 9
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A shower … to remove dust !
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After 50 working hours and after the shower, the final result. The colour of the pink sandstone is now revealed.
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From drawing … to sculpture in the round
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Villard de Honnecourt, inverted drawing
Cathedral of Strasbourg, south transept portal, tympanum of the Dormition of the Virgin, head of St PeterNot the model but a plausible model