Paris in Old And Present Times With Special Reference to Changes in Its Archite
Paris in Old And Present Times With Special Reference to Changes in Its Archite
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
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Sulpice. 165 fectly harmonious. The reason is that every borrowed idea has been so modified as to combine with every other. The interior has one transcendent merit, and several obvious defects. The merit is an overpowering sub- limity due to the expression of height which again is in great part the result of the narrow space between the columns, or piers, and the elevation of the point at which the arches spring. It is like being at the bottom of a deep and narrow ravine and seeing it spanned b...y a little stone bridge far up above our heads. The im- pression of loftiness is also greatly aided by the unusual height of the aisles. Unfortunately, the narrowness of the space between the piers, and the comparative massiveness of the piers themselves, have the bad effect, sometimes met with in Gothic churches, of impeding the view diagonally. So long as you are in the large open space of the nave it is well, because that space is open enough to prevent any sense of confinement ; but though the aisles are very lofty they convey the feeling of narrow passages, be- cause the successive piers of masonry are joined to- gether in perspective exactly as if they were walls, and you only get a glimpse through the opening which is nearest you.
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