Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 257
ly debaseother churches for its glorification. This Cathedral,he writes, has nothing to boast of in the way oftowers,—its central fleche is merely the pretty capriceof a village carpenter,—the total striicture is in dignity 234 The Mature Gothic inferior to Chartres, in sublimity to Beauvais,… … from the chalk cliffs of the city, its greatness seems heavy, —AMIENS. Parthenon of French Architecture, for it is Gothicclear of Roman tradition and Arabian taint; Gothicpure, authoritative. Consider it from the chalk cliffs above the city, itsgreatness is heavy; look at it from the parvise…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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