Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 291
so large an edifice, it is necessary to take manysteps, to study many nooks and corners; and in thediscovery of these details, a sense of the whole is often lost. When, how-ever, every nookof every tower hasbeen explored,when all the sculp-tured pictureshave been seen,and the churchhas become… … THE SLENDER TOWERS . . . RISE ABOVE MAS-SIVE SUSTAINING WALLS. LAON. —comparisons.Is Our Lady ofLaon, like Rouen, a mere heterogeneous compendiumof fine and interesting architectural bits ? Is its everypart, like Reims, conceived in almost perfect harmony; Laon 261 or is it rather akin to the…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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