Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York, The Baker and Taylor Company · leaf 188
nitely above the ordinary achievements of men. Frenchglass of the XII century is such an art. It is impossible tostand in the presence of these translucent mosaics without ex-periencing a depth of esthetic emotion that at once disarmsthe critical faculty. Such sensuous beauty of tone, such… … III. 193. — Fa9ade of Vailly. (From Lefevre-Pontalis) STAINED GLASS tural character that these windows claim unquaHfied admira-tion. In fact, the first characteristic of these earUest windows tostrike the eye is the small size of the individual spots of color.The separate pieces of glass, which are…
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