Birth of Gothic Sculpture

No longer truly Romanesque, without yet being fully Gothic, the style that developed in Île-de-France and beyond between 1135 and 1150 is something of a puzzle. Grasping the imperceptible wind of change and following the tracks of the notebooks of designs that circulated between one construction site and another: this was the challenge of presenting “Birth of Gothic Sculpture. Saint-Denis, Paris, Chartres. 1135-1150”, an exhibition at Musée de Cluny - National Museum of the Middle Ages, from 10 October to 21 January 2019

Curated by: Damien Berné, heritage curator at the Musée de Cluny, and Philippe Plagnieux, professor of medieval art history (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne & École nationale des chartes). 

Co-produced by Rmn-GP.