Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 365
design whichhe approved is inglaring contrastwith the simplic-ity of the oldbelfry and is notin perfect conson-ance even withthe later tower.It is the richest,most florid effer-vescence of theGothic spirit.Apostles, Angels,Bishops, Kings,Queens, Patronsand Protectors ofthe Church, a Treeof Jesse,… … the figure of a correctly mournfulwife. —rouen. Rouen 339 of the artistic sense, and elegant caprice rather thantaste. This intricate mass of lovely scvilptures wassadly mutilated by fanatics of the Reformation andthe Revolution; but Fergusson writes with much leniencythat, in spite of the ruin of…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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