French cathedrals, monasteries and abbeys, and sacred sites of France
By: by Elizabeth Robins Pennell ; illustrated with one hundred and eighty-three pictures by Joseph Pennell, also with plans and diagrams.
Contributors: Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926.
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin
Published: 1909
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Church architecture -- France
Other titles: French cathedrals.
Description: A magnificent book containing 183 pictures by Joseph Pennell and various plans and diagrams. Unfortunately this was written not long before the start of World War I which led to the destruction of many of the cathedrals and sacred sites of northern France. Nevertheless, a fine and collectable book.
Notes: Cover title: French cathedrals.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Chapter I       Romanesque and Provencal Sunshine; title: Chapter II      Romanesque and Restoration in Aquitaine; title: Chapter III     From Poitiers to Caen; title: Chapter IV     The Churches of Auvergne; title: Chapter V      The most picturesque place in the world; title: Chapter VI     At Toulouse and Albi; title: Chapter VII    An Albrecht Durer town: Rocamadour; title: Chapter VIII   Notre Dame and other churches in Paris; title: Chapter IX     Chartres - the House of Prayer; title: Chapter X      St. Julien of Le Mans; title: Chapter XI    "In the peril of the sea": Mont St. Michel; title: Chapter XII    Notre-Dame of Laon; title: Chapter XIII   St. Etienne of Bourges; title: Chapter XIV   Amiens: "The Parthenon of Gothic Architecture"; title: Chapter XV    Notre-Dame of Rouen; title: Chapter XVI   Where Kings were crowned: Rheims; title: Chapter XVII  A magnificent fragment: Beauvais