Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 40
Italy, and happily sorare in France, of simulated sculpture and painted archi-tecture. Over each arch the simulacra of two huge Saintsstand under supposititious canopies in imaginary niches.Over the altar there is a false arcade, very like the real bal-conies of the tower, and in it life-sized… … THE DECOIL^TION IS OF SIMULATED SCULPTURE ANDPAINTED ARCHITECTURE.— LAVAUR. wontedly subdued and has not that garish mockery foundin so many of the Italian churches. The interior is plain,simple, heavy in construction; and as is usual in the Gothic 24 Languedoc. forms of the South, devoid of…
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