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1040179The Cathedrals of Northern and Southern Francehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-cathedrals-of-southern-france-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/834434/8996d3d3-82f6-4833-ab91-85b2b449800b.jpg?v=638755465252070000122135MXNLibrary of AlexandriaInStock/Ebooks/1034656The Cathedrals of Northern and Southern France122135https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-cathedrals-of-southern-france-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/834434/8996d3d3-82f6-4833-ab91-85b2b449800b.jpg?v=638755465252070000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259781465544353_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_<p>The charm of southern France is such as to compel most writers thereon to become discursive. It could not well be otherwise. Many things go to make up pictures of travel, which the most polished writer could not ignore unless he confined himself to narrative pure and simple; as did Sterne. One who seeks knowledge of the architecture of southern France should perforce know something of the life of town and country in addition to a specific knowledge of, or an immeasurable enthusiasm for, the subject. Few have given Robert Louis Stevenson any great preminence as a writer of topographical description; perhaps not all have admitted his ability as an unassailable critic; but the fact is, there is no writer to whom the lover of France can turn with more pleasure and profit than Stevenson. There is a wealth of description of the country-side of France in the account of his romantic travels on donkey-back, or, as he whimsically puts it, beside a donkey, and his venturesome though not dangerous Inland Voyage. These early volumes of Stevenson, while doubtless well known to lovers of his works, are closed books to most casual travellers. The author and artist of this book here humbly acknowledge an indebtedness which might not otherwise be possible to repay. Stevenson was devout, he wrote sympathetically of churches, of cathedrals, of monasteries, and of religion. What his predilections were as to creed is not so certain. Sterne was more worldly, but he wrote equally attractive prose concerning many things which English-speaking people have come to know more of since his time. Arthur Young, an agriculturist, as he has been rather contemptuously called, a century or more ago wrote of rural France after a manner, and with a profuseness, which few have since equalled. His creed, likewise, appears to be unknown; in that, seldom, if ever, did he mention churches, and not at any time did he discuss religion. In a later day Miss M. E. B. Edwards, an English lady who knows France as few of her countrywomen do, wrote of many things more or less allied with religion, which the ordinary travel books ignoredmuch to their lossaltogether. Still more recently another English lady, Madam Marie Duclaux,though her name would not appear to indicate her nationality,has written a most charming series of observations on her adopted land; wherein the peasant, his religion, and his aims in life are dealt with more understandingly than were perhaps possible, had the author not been possessed of a long residence among them. Henry James, of all latter-day writers, has given us perhaps the most illuminating accounts of the architectural joy of great churches, chteaux and cathedrals. Certainly his work is marvellously appreciative, and his Little Tour in France, with the two books of Stevenson before mentioned, Sternes Sentimental Journey,and Mr. Tristram Shandy, too, if the reader likes,form a quintette of voices which will tell more of the glories of France and her peoples than any other five books in the English language. When considering the literature of place, one must not overlook the fair land of Provence or the Midi of Francethat little-known land lying immediately to the westward of Marseilles, which is seldom or never even tasted by the hungry tourist. To know what he would of these two delightful regions one should read Thomas Janvier, Félix Gras, and Mrime. He will then have far more of an insight into the places and the peoples than if he perused whole shelves of histories, geographies, or technical works on archology and fossil remains. If he can supplement all this with travel, or, better yet, take them hand-in-hand, he will be all the more fortunate.</p>(*_*)9781465544353_<p>An attempt to enumerate the architectural monuments of France is not possible without due consideration being given to the topographical divisions of the country, which, so far as the early population and the expression of their arts and customs is concerned, naturally divides itself into two grand divisions of influences, widely dissimilar. Historians, generally, agree that the country which embraces the Frankish influences in the north, as distinct from that where are spoken the romance languages, finds its partition somewhere about a line drawn from the mouth of the Loire to the Swiss lakes. Territorially, this approaches an equal division, with the characteristics of architectural forms well nigh as equally divided. Indeed, Fergusson, who in his general estimates and valuations is seldom at fault, thus divides it:"on a line which follows the valley of the Loire to a point between Tours and Orleans, then southwesterly to Lyons, and thence along the valley of the Rhne to Geneva." With such a justification, then, it is natural that some arbitrary division should be made in arranging the subject matter of a volume which treats, in part only, of a country or its memorials; even though the influences of one section may not only have lapped over into the other, but, as in certain instances, extended far beyond. As the peoples were divided in speech, so were they in their manner of building, and the most thoroughly consistent and individual types were in the main confined to the environment of their birth. A notable exception is found in Brittany, where is apparent a generous admixture of style which does not occur in the churches of the first rank; referring to the imposing structures of the Isle de France and its immediate vicinity. The "Grand Cathedrals" of this region are, perhaps, most strongly impressed upon the mind of whoever takes something more than a superficial interest in the subject as the type which embodies the loftiest principles of Gothic forms, and, as such, they are perhaps best remembered by that very considerable body of persons known as intelligent observers. The strongest influences at work in the north from the twelfth century onward have been in favour of the Gothic or pointed styles, whilst, in the south, civic and ecclesiastical architecture alike were of a manifest Byzantine or Romanesque tendency. No better illustration of this is possible than to recall the fact that, when the builders of the fifteenth century undertook to complete that astoundingly impressive choir at Beauvais, they sought to rival in size and magnificence its namesake at Rome, which, under the care of the Pontiff himself, was then being projected. Thus it was that this thoroughly Gothic structure of the north was to stand forth as the indicator of local influences, as contrasted with the Italian design and plans of the St. Peters of the south. A discussion of the merits of any territorial claims as to the inception of what is commonly known as Gothic architecture, under which name, for the want of a more familiar term, it shall be referred to herein, is quite apart from the purport of this volume, and, as such, it were best ignored. The statement, however, may be made that it would seem clearly to be the development of a northern influence which first took shape after a definite form in a region safely comprehended as lying within the confines of northeastern France, the Netherlands, and the northern Rhine Provinces. Much has been written on this debatable subject and doubtless will continue to be, either as an arrow shot into the air by some wary pedant, or an equally unconvincing statement, without proof, of some mere follower in the footsteps of an illustrious, but behind the times, expert. It matters not, as a mere detail, whether it was brought from the East in imperfect form by the Crusaders, and only received its development at the hands of some ingenious northerner, or not.</p>...9781465544353_Library of Alexandrialibro_electonico_e088d097-7dfb-452b-a595-76e55ec5002d_9781465544353;9781465544353_9781465544353Milburg FranciscoInglésMéxico2025-07-08T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/markmoxford-epub-fbcdfe2f-581f-45c5-a5e9-335ec0b10076.epub2025-07-08T00:00:00+00:00Library of Alexandria