"It is our heritage of classicism and Jansenism, coupled with the emphasis on archaeology we find in most appraisals of Gothic architecture, that makes us so incapable today of appreciating that wealth of vivid colors -red, blue, white, black, pink and gold -which was the glory of a cathedral such as that of Lausanne, whose “Painted Portal” still bore traces of the originals colors as late as 1880. These colors, garish to the modern eye, no longer exist; all that remains is the cold skeleton of stone-which satisfies our “refined” contemporary taste".
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"It is our heritage of classicism and Jansenism, coupled with the emphasis on archaeology we find in most appraisals of Gothic architecture, that makes us so incapable today of appreciating that wealth of vivid colors -red, blue, white, black, pink and gold -which was the glory of a cathedral such as that of Lausanne, whose “Painted Portal” still bore traces of the originals colors as late as 1880. These colors, garish to the modern eye, no longer exist; all that remains is the cold skeleton of stone-which satisfies our “refined” contemporary taste".
Jacques Dupont
nice pictures viejo Jair...art history all the way...a hug..
Lindo recorrido. Muy bellas imágenes.
Saludos,
Mariana C.
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