Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 366
at the law without it is only an empty garment,for at the moment when art springs from the hearts ofmen it is passion, will, suffering, religion, justice, life.What did it matter, therefore, that the edifice was thecross, that the apse was the crown of thorns, that thechoir was the head of Christ,… … 340 MEDIAEVAL ART glass was celestial light, and that the towers were armsin prayer? The crowd in the Middle Ages expresseditself symbolically because the symbol summarized thehigher moral realities which it did not discuss, so thatit might remain the freer to discover its spiritual realitiesand…
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