Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 74
mony which is rare, . . .and they were evidently conceived by artists of thefirst order. In his Gaston de Latour, Walter Pater makes adaring and sweeping characterisation of the Cathedral.Dependent, he writes, on its structural complete-ness, on its wealth of well-preserved ornament, on itsunity in… … SI Chartres 53 of France, at Amiens, Reims, or Beauvais, may seembut formal and to a large extent reproducible effectsof mere architectural rule on a gigantic scale.
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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