Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 328
mmitof the cathedral, from which there pours the incessanttorrent of the forms and colors of nature. But inside—not an image. The nave would losesomething of its sonority, its grandeur, its light. The CHRISTIANITY AND THE COMMUNE 301 vault, the generating principle, is bare, and only thecapital of… … FlaVIGNY (Côte-dOr) (xiii Century),of the abbey. Capital, choir another, the pure radiance of the rose window—everything has the abstract force and the nakedness ofthe mind. And everywhere it is function that deter-mines form. The armed castle is a church turned insideout, its exterior bare for…
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