Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1912)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New Haven, Yale University Press · leaf 453
ifficulty. The first of the great Gothic fa9ades in point ofdignity is undoubtedly that of Paris (111. 223), — a design ofwhich no words can express the exalted beauty. Grandeur 281 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE of composition, nobility of sillioiiotte, perfection of proportion,wealth of detail, infinitely… … III. 245. — Coutances. Plan. (From Dehio) Although lacking the exuberant richness of Amiens or Reims,the west front of Paris still unites all the elements that character-ize the fa9ades of the XIII century. The division into threeparts by buttresses rising clear, sharp, incisive from the ground…
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