Word: autun
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hundreds of thousands of worshipers and sightseers who have entered the Cathedral of St.-Lazare in Autun, on a hill 150 miles southeast of Paris, probably only a handful have seen or pondered long over the words carved at the foot of a primitive Christ above one of the doors. The words are "Gislebertus Hoc Fecit," and thanks to this signature, the glories of medieval European art do not, as in almost all instances, have to be written off as the work of devoted but anonymous artisans...
...France last week, Gislebertus was enjoying a sudden spurt of fame. Just out was a scholarly book about him (Gislebertus: Sculpteur d'Autun; Trianon Press), and an exhibition of photographs of his sculpture let the public see clearly details that in the Autun church are set too high or lit too dimly for close inspection. The French were obviously delighted by their new celebrity. Culture Minister Andre Malraux pronounced Gislebertus "a Romanesque Cézanne...
...story of his rediscovery began one day in 1949 when Arnold Fawcus, a British publisher of art books who lives in France, stopped off to take a look at the Autun cathedral. As he gazed up at the vaulted ceiling, he noticed high in the apse a headless figure who seemed to be a Christ. The unusual pose-knees turned out as if the legs were bowed-and the perforated drapery recalled the Christ bearing Gislebertus' signature. Was it possible that Gislebertus had done the entire cathedral...