Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 80
Albi. 63 to it as it now is to the great walls against which it leans.Yet here, as in the interior, the contrast of the detail andthe general structure is not so startling in fact as in theory. … THE RENAISSANCE PORTAL.—ALBI. For when one looks at the massive whole, the little detailis lost; and when he studies the detail, he is far too nearto have any perspective of the mighty whole. It has beensaid that in the strange architectural juxtapositions of Albitwo great forces meet,—Renaissance…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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