Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 190
t Langres, thatthe new forms are more robust than those of the con-temporary Cathedral of Noyon, that the classic tradi-tion has lost its finest distinctiveness, and that theGothic here makes an interesting essay and shows itsreal constructive worth. Yet from any point of viewit would be an… … IT IS A CHURCH OF IMPOSING GRAVITY. SENS. than supremely beautiful, and the nave and aisles forman interior of true, cold simplicity that awakensa sincere and reasoned admiration. It is essentially achurch of imposing gravity rather than richness ofornament or beauty of proportion. 160 The Early…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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