Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 323
296 MEDIAEVAL ART disappeared, with a fiery shower, more intense and moreglowing in proportion as the darkness increases. Therose windows gather up the last reflections of the sunthat has set to illuminate the shadows with them. Everything that gives the cathedral its meaning,everything that… … Paris (xiii Century). Vault of the nave. {Cathedral.) rise of its lines, the balancing of the curves that raiseit above the cities—everything is brought about by thedesire for light; and the desire for light increasedamong its architects at the same time that they becamemore familiar with the…
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