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GOTHIC STYLE IN CRACOW ART
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expression of emotion in the figures on the side walls of the tomb constitutes the great artistic value of the whole. Though they do not reach the height attained by the artist in his wood-carvings, still they bear the lion's mark. The same characteristics that
36. THE ANNUNCIATION.
(From the high altar at St. Mary's.)
(Vitus Stoss.)
distinguish his work in the high altar of St. Mary's, are reflected in the statues of the Fathers of the Church which are distributed in the nave, the Gothic niches, and on the consoles. Among the numerous objects at Cracow which have been attributed to Stoss's