Cathedrals & Cloisters Of The South Of France, Volime I Elise Whitlock Rose Author

CONTENTS. PAGETHE SOUTH OF FRANCE I. THE SOUTH OF FRANCE 3 II. ARCHITECTURE IN PROVENCE, LANGUEDOC, AND GASCONY 29PROVENCE I. THE CATHEDRALS OF THE S... Read more

CONTENTS. PAGETHE SOUTH OF FRANCE I. THE SOUTH OF FRANCE 3 II. ARCHITECTURE IN PROVENCE, LANGUEDOC, AND GASCONY 29PROVENCE I. THE CATHEDRALS OF THE SEA 55 Marseilles--Toulon--Fréjus--Antibes--Nice II. CATHEDRALS OF THE HILL-TOWNS 72 Carpentras--Digne--Forcalquier--Vence--GrasseIII. RIVER-SIDE CATHEDRALS 101 Avignon--Vaison--Arles--Entrevaux--Sisteron IV. CATHEDRALS OF THE VALLEYS 178 Orange--Cavaillon--Apt--Riez--Senez--AixLANGUEDOC I. CATHEDRALS OF THE CITIES 237 Nîmes--Montpellier--Béziers--Narbonne--Perpignan-- Carcassonne--Castres--Toulouse--MontaubanIllustrations PageRODEZ _Frontispiece_ Sheer and straight the pillars rise, ... and arch after arch is lost on the shadows of the narrow vaulting of the side-aisle.CARCASSONNE, THE INVULNERABLE 5THE TOWER OF AN EARLY MARITIME CATHEDRAL--_Agde_ 10A NAVE OF THE EARLIER STYLE--_Arles_ 15A NAVE OF THE LATER STYLE--_Rodez_ 19THE DELICATE CHOIR OF SAINT-NAZAIRE--_Carcassonne_ 23A CLOISTER OF THE SOUTH--_Elne_ 27A ROMANESQUE AISLE--_Arles_ 31THE SCULPTURED PORTALS OF SAINT-TROPHIME--_Arles_ 33A GOTHIC AISLE--_Mende_ 35CORRESPONDING DIFFERENCES IN STYLE--_Carcassonne_ 39FORTIFIED GOTHIC BUILT IN BRICK--_Albi_ 43A CHURCH FORTRESS--_Maguelonne_ 45STATELY GOTHIC SPLENDOUR--_Condom_ 47ENTREVAUX 52 People gather around the mail-coach as it makes its daily halt before the drawbridge.THE NEW CATHEDRAL--_Marseilles_ 57THE DESECRATION OF THE LITTLE CLOISTER--_Fréjus_ 65THE MILITARY OMEN--THE TOWER--_Antibes_ 70THE INTERIOR OF NOTRE-DAME-DU-BOURG--_Digne_ 77THE INTERIOR HAS NEITHER CLERESTORY NOR TRIFORIUM--_Digne_ 81A LARGE SQUARE TOWER SERVED AS A LOOKOUT--_Forcalquier_ 86A SUGGESTIVE VIEW FROM THE SIDE-AISLE--_Forcalquier_ 87THE OLD ROUND ARCH OF THE BISHOP'S PALACE--_Vence_ 92THE LOW, BROAD ARCHES, AND THE GREAT SUPPORTING PILLARS--_Vence_ 93HIGHER THAN THEM ALL STANDS THE CATHEDRAL--_Grasse_ 97THE PONT D'AVIGNON 99THE INTERIOR HAS A SHALLOW, GRACEFULLY BALUSTRADEDBALCONY--_Avignon_ 103THE PORCH, SO CLASSIC IN DETAIL--AVIGNON 107 From an old printNOTRE-DAME-DES-DOMS--_Avignon_ 111THE TOWER OF PHILIP THE FAIR--_Villeneuve-les-Avignon_ 114THE GREAT PALACE--_Avignon_ 119ON THE BANKS OF A PLEASANT LITTLE RIVER IS VAISON 123THE RUINED CASTLE OF THE COUNTS OF TOULOUSE--_Vaison_ 125THE WHOLE APSE-END--_Vaison_ 127THE SOUTH WALL, WHICH IS CLEARLY SEEN FROM THE ROAD--_Vaison_ 129TWO BAYS OPEN TO THE GROUND--_Vaison_ 131THE GREAT PIERS AND SMALL FIRM COLUMNS--_Vaison_ 133IN THE MIDST OF THE WEALTH OF ANTIQUE RUINS--_Arles_ 135THE FAÇADE OF SAINT-TROPHIME--_Arles_ 137RIGHT DETAIL--THE PORTAL--_Arles_ 141LEFT DETAIL--THE PORTAL--_Arles_ 145THROUGH THE CLOISTER ARCHES--_Arles_ 147A NAVE OF GREAT AND SLENDER HEIGHT--_Arles_ Less