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 294
ly disregarded meretheoretical figures in the desire for the realities ofeffect; and the nave, with the satisfying unity and regu-larity of well-balanced proportions, is also so imprintwith grandeur that it is sublimely reposeful. The criticism that this great aisle appears too whiteand cold, that… … ►J cw < o o ►4 o O c 2 *-; H(/; O< 263 Laon 265 windows of the nave and lantern and side-chapels andpart of the transepts are filled with glass that, at best,is so delicately tinted as to seem white. To insinuate,however, that this defect is inherent, that it is an im-perfection of the…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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