Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 323
han the grave Christ of Reims, His ex-pression possesses ascetic dignity and strength, Hisfigure is well proportioned, and the draperies, if stiff,have no traces of archaism. The Virgin before the Northern doorway holds theInfant Jesus on her arm and a rose in her hand, andbelow her feet peers the… … the virgin before the northern doorway . . . IS the queen-mother, the serene and wise protectress towards WHOM THE XIII CENTURY ASPIRED. PARIS. is than that of following centuries, it is only necessaryto compare it with the later statue of a light-hearted andlight-headed young woman which stands…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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