Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 226
windows and replaced them with clearwhite panes. Through this substitution, as by other,more subtle encroachments of plain glass, the beautifuland harmonious glory of the interior has been sadlydiminished. Viollet-le-Duc writes only too truly thatits nave is a great reservoir of air and light; for… … a great open spaciousness.—AMIENS. 203 Amiens 205 clothed in dim light, in the august splendour of silentand religious majesty. The loss of stained-glass is the mishap of time andfate, not a defect in the original plan nor in its execu-tion. Closely studied from a technical viewpoint,the…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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