The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 333
Deity should surpass all others ; but from the artisticstandpoint, St. Bernard unconsciously touched thekeynote of truth, for surely simple elegance is moreadmirable than exuberance, and in decorative art thetemptation to expand is ever greater than the loveof self-restraint. In Notre Dame de… … Fig. 122.—St.-Etienne at Caen. of stern simplicity one is compelled to turn to Nor-mandy. Whether this simplicity was due directly to St. ARCHITECTURE OF CAEN. 311 Bernard is of course open to question; but as noNorman building is known to have existed before theyear 1050, and the scholastic began…
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