Priest, Alan

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Priest continued and refined the analysis of Wilhelm Vöge (q.v.).  His essay on the masters of the west facade of Chartres cathedral, 1923, follow A. Kingsley Porter (q.v.) was the first important venture into the history of Gothic sculpture [in the United States] (Branner).

Home Country:  United States

Sources: "Alan Priest." Chartres Cathedral:  Norton Critical Studies in Art History.New York: W. W. Norton, 1969,  p. 149.

Bibliography:  "The Masters of the West Facade at Chartres."  Art Studies 1 (1923).