Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 308
So fine is the conception of every detailthat the eye is ravished by the proportions of this largeinterior, not by any ornamental design nor even by anyfine structural detail so much as by the beautiful harmonyof the nave whose every line is correct and pure. In spite of the absolutism of northern… … CLUSTERED COLUMNS SUPPORT THE TALL, POINTED ARCHES.-BAYONNE. Bayonne. 289 majesty. It would seem as if less loving effort, less care forharmony, were expended on the outer work than in the roomwhere, by even the least devout of the Cathedral-builders,God was believed to dwell in Very Person. On the…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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