Tympanum, Strasbourg Cathedral
a. How does this work express innovation?
b. What is the subject matter?
c. How does the work express Gothic style?
d. What is the purpose of this work?
Answers will vary.
a. The artist perhaps saw the Reims work and transformed that idea of "dialog" to this tympanum to express the drama of the moment.
b. The death of the Virgin.
c. It is expressing emotion, and the work is becoming more humanized and natural.
d. It is instructional.
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