There was for the first time a thoroughgoing attempt in Northern Europe to revive and emulate classical Mediterranean art forms and styles, that resulted in a blending of classical and Northern elements in a sumptuous and dignified style, in particular introducing to the North confidence in representing the human figure, and setting the stage for the rise of Romanesque art and eventually Gothic art in the West.
Conatus in Europa Septentrionali ad classicas formas artis Mediterraneas renovandas et aemulandas novam elementorum classicorum et septentrionalium mixturam modo sumptuoso et gravi effecit, praecipue in Europam septentrionalem repraesentationes figurae humanae introducens, artemque Romanicam et deinde artem Gothicam in Europa Occidente ortam praeparans.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix