Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 316
cribed in their in-tervals, and the fly-ing buttress thatcarries off obliquelythe thrust of thevault. Everywhereelse one finds theimmense expansesof glass throughwhich the lightpenetrates. . . . Thelogic is that of theskeleton, whereinall pressures arebalanced and trans-mitted; it is theimage of… … Chartres (xii Century). The monthof July. {Cathedral.) 290 MEDIEVAL ART iron hooks to permit the Hght of heaven to traverseit in every direction. It seems to float in the air.^ Gothic architecture was opposed to leaving anythingin darkness. Indeed, it died of its love of the light.Sens, Beauvais,…
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