Mourners of Dijon
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title:
Mourners of Dijon
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The Mourners of Dijon are tomb sculptures made in Burgundy during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. They are part of a new iconographical tradition led by Claus Sluter that continued until the end of the fifteenth century. In this tradition, free-standing sculptures depict mourners who stand next to a bier or platform that holds a body in state. The figures are cloaked in robes which mostly hide their faces. The Dutch historian Johan Huizinga described the tomb as the "most prof
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Tomb sculptures, representing mourners
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourners_of_Dijon
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2023-04-27T20:14:46Z
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