Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France : including Bourges, Troyes, Reims and Rouen (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 142
a myriad of familiar Biblicalscenes have passed from the mind. In the study of Gothic symbolism, all its phasesshould be considered; but, in studying them justly,it will be observed that the unpleasing representation,theatrical or sculptural, was a sign of the temper ofthe age, not of a special… … THE PORTRAYAL OF . . . FAMILIAR BIBLICAL SCENES. AMIENS. Ill Symbolism 113 of Mende who wrote in 1286, that century of the great-est Gothic, will perhaps show how much the generalmoral viewpoint of a majority of Christian folk haschanged. A woman, writes Monseigneur Durand, mustcover her head in…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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