The scene of the Death of the Virgin exhibits a new naturalism and inspiration from ancient Roman sculpture.
Death of the Virgin, South portal, Strasbourg Cathedral, c. 1230. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Additional resources
Synagoga and Ecclesia, Strasbourg Cathedral
Jacqueline E. Jung, Moving Bodies: Movement, Expression, and the Human Figure in Gothic Sculpture (Yale University Press, 2020).
