Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 30
nation, historically and architecturally, lies Alais; and the more enthusiastic the traveller, the greater his disappointment when he stands before its facade and contemplates the dreamy mixture of styles, in which that of the XVIII century is triumphantly dominant. The architectural virtues of the… … the beauty of severity.—MENDE. Lodeve. 15 promenades; but in general building they were stultified bythis conventionality, and in the particular phase of churchconstruction, their insufficiency is deplorable. The cult ofclassicism, which had introduced the Renaissance, led thesemen to a study of…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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