Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York, The Baker and Taylor Company · leaf 451
emedifficulty. The first of the great Gothic facades 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 silhouette, 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 facades of the XIII century. The division into threeparts by buttresses rising clear, sharp, incisive from the ground…
Architecture, Medieval
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