Christ is holding a smaller version of Mary, this is supposed to depict her soul, which he is preparing to carry to heaven. The sculpture depicted a sign of the growing concern for human emotion through the depressed expressions on the face of the fifteen mourners around Mary's deathbed. The devotion to the Virgin Mary grew regularly during the Gothic period, one of the fascinating sculptural features of Gothic cathedrals was the use of gargoyles,grotesque flying monsters that project out from the upper portions of the huge churches that were used as rain spouts, intend to carry water from the roof. During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the demand for illustrated books that included psalms, gospels, and other parts of the liturgy grew steadily during this time manuscript illumination showed the influence of stained glass art. In the years that followed, painters began to become more interested in realistic detail in their works and the desire to paint their figures more graceful and
Christ is holding a smaller version of Mary, this is supposed to depict her soul, which he is preparing to carry to heaven. The sculpture depicted a sign of the growing concern for human emotion through the depressed expressions on the face of the fifteen mourners around Mary's deathbed. The devotion to the Virgin Mary grew regularly during the Gothic period, one of the fascinating sculptural features of Gothic cathedrals was the use of gargoyles,grotesque flying monsters that project out from the upper portions of the huge churches that were used as rain spouts, intend to carry water from the roof. During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the demand for illustrated books that included psalms, gospels, and other parts of the liturgy grew steadily during this time manuscript illumination showed the influence of stained glass art. In the years that followed, painters began to become more interested in realistic detail in their works and the desire to paint their figures more graceful and