Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 356
d; but in the larger architecturalscheme, it is trivial and breaks with unjustifiable levityupon the stately perspectives. Few parts of Notre-Dame are of the same period,and the choir is no exception to the rule. Its style,however, does not contrast unpleasingly with that ofthe nave, it is in… … THE ARCHITECT HAS UNDERSTOOD THE EXIGENXIES OF THE LATERALAISLE. — ROLEN. 329 Rouen 331 piers are firm, round columns which rise almost noblyto their heavy capitals, the arches are of good propor-tions, and the triforium with its heavy frieze is wellformed. The clerestory was heightened in 1430,…
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