...Ces beaux ornements qui proviennent de la cathédrale de Lisieux (fig. 56) révèlent le goût délicat qui régnait alors au sein de ces dernières provinces. La sculpture d'ornement inclinait vers l'orfévrerie, et malgré la beauté de l'exécution, manquait, dans ces contrées, de la largeur de style et de la belle entente de l'effet que nous trouvons dans la sculpture de l'Île-de-France. L'inspiration sur la nature est moins, franche, moins hardie, et surtout beaucoup moins originale...

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