Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 294
effective, but rathercoarsely large, and the smaller details show a greater deli-cacy of execution than of conception; and only the lecternwith its wise and ancient eagle can endure the test of oldcarving, which, like old lace, to be truly beautiful must betruly fine. The whole beauty of the church… … the wise and ancient eagle.—LESCAR. Oloron. 275 subdued light and magnificent severity. In largeness andbreadth of space with purity of style, it is almost unique.It has a beauty and a symmetry of massiveness which seemthe perfection of the heavy, and if no exterior seems moredreary or more barren,…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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