Romanesque art, especially metalwork, was at its most sophisticated in Mosan art, in which distinct artistic personalities including <answer>Nicholas of Verdun</answer> (d. 1205) become apparent, and an almost classical style is seen in works such as a font at Liège, contrasting with the writhing animals of the exactly contemporary Gloucester Candlestick. Large illuminated bibles and psalters were the typical forms of luxury manuscripts, and wall-painting flourished in churches, often following a scheme with a Last Judgement on the west wall, a Christ in Majesty at the east end, and narrative biblical scenes down the nave, or in the best surviving example, at Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, on the barrel-vaulted roof.
Who was a noted figure in Mosan art?
Nicholas of Verdun