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(15)  Callian
   In this small, less complex painting is to be found a memory of
   beautiful evenings in hillside towns in the South of France, along with
  admiration for Whistler's 'Nocturne' paintings. 

(14)

Les Nuits Lumieres de Bourges
       Here projected angels of light float through darkness over the mass of
       the Cathedral from which their

 ethereal being comes.

(13)  Notre Dame de Reims
        This painting is made up of a complex reconstruction of many facets of
        the building itself with interior and exterior perspectives presented.

(12) The Smiling Angel of Reims
       The Angel of Reims is based on a sculpture on the outside of Reims
       Cathedral that survived the occupation of World War II and became a
       Symbol of French resistance.

(16)  Chartres II
   We 'enter' by the Royal Portal which contains

what the artist feels are
    some of the most beautiful sculptures

ever produced, shown enlarged 
    in greater detail [left and right.]

Inside [centre] is the famous
  'Madonna and Child of Chartres'

and above a highly detailed Rose
  window with the entire

Cathedral visible to its left.

Anthony Clark ©2008  

For Clark, France means the great gothic Cathedrals: Chartres for its glass and sculpture, Bourges also for glass, Avignon for its frescoes and Reims…….for the angel!