Vanuxem, Jacques

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Vanuxem was the first to investigate the history of the often-repeated theory that the kinds and queens on early gothic portals represent the rulers of France.  His essay, Theories of Mabillon and Montfaucon, 1957, was a milestone in the study of the meaning of the statue-column (Branner).

Home Country:  France

Sources: "Alan Priest." Chartres Cathedral:  Norton Critical Studies in Art History.New York: W. W. Norton, 1969,  p. 168.

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