Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 54
to-day, is generallv of earlierbuilding than the Gothic; it is an older and far simplerstyle. It was not a quick, brilliant outburst, like the Gothic,but a long and slow evolution; and it has therefore delib-eration and dignity, not the spontaneity of northern crea-tions; strength, and at times… … A ROMANESQUE AISLE.—ARLES. Provence. 3 Cathedrals are lacking in splendour; and it will be foundin a large majority of cases that they are also without theimpressiveness of great size; that they are almost devoidof shapely windows or stained glass, of notable carvingsor richness of decorative…
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