Medeieval sculptures

In his article “The Sculptures of Souillac”, Meyer Schapiro demonstrates “that the apparently “accidental” design [of these sculptures] is a deeply coherent arrangement, even systematic in a sense, and similar to other medieval works.” To do this, he analyses the sculptures in a very detailed way. Firstly, he talks about the common stylistic types being bound up with common technical devices.
He then analyses what he calls “discoordination”, and proves that these should not be considered as errors but as a tasteful...