Contrasts ; or, A parallel between the noble edifices of the middle ages, and corresponding buildings of the present day, shewing the present decay of taste ; accompanied by appropriate text (1841)
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852 · London : C. Dolman · leaf 23
nlyhost, mingled with patriarchs and prophets. Over the great entrance, isthe dome or final judgment, the divine majesty, the joys of the blessedspirits, the despair of the condemned. What subjects for contemplationdo not these majestic portals present to the Christian, as he approachesthe house of… … ft in n U4 JJJ GREAT EDIFICES OF THE MIDDLE AGES. 5 the eye, on entering a long majestic line of pillars rising into lofty andfretted vaulting ! The eye is lost in the intricacies of the aisles and lateralchapels ; each window beams with sacred instructions, and sparkles withglowing and sacred…
Architecture, Gothic
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