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