Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 381
architectural point ofview, is a hideous monstrosity. Unfortunately, itis of iron and will probably persist, to show to suc-ceeding generations that the early XIX century wasno less barbarous in its utilitarianism than the XVIIIcentury in its pseudo-classicism. The dark and melancholy spire is the… … FROM THE BANKS OF THE SEINE, . . . ITS THREE TOWERS, WHICH ARE AS DISSIMILAR AS TOWERS MAY WELL BE, RISE PICTURESQUELY ABOVE THE LONG ROOF LINE. —ROUEN. diture of money and time and labour that it seemsa Utopian vision. Perhaps this plan of Rouen is not so sublime thatits abandonment should cause,…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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