Paris
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Paris appears under the heading of Grant Allen’s Historical Guides. The introduction says the author’s purpose is not to direct the stranger through the streets and squares of an unknown town towards the buildings or sights which he may desire to visit. A chapter headed The Île de la Cité says the Île de la Cité, the oldest Paris, consisted in the Middle Ages of a labyrinth of narrow and tortuous lanes, now entirely replaced by large and stately modern official buildings. The text advises readers to use rainy days in the Galleries of the Louvre.
A discussion of the Madonna says Van Eyck’s picture of the Chancellor Rollin adoring Our Lady is an example of the simple Madonna and Child, enthroned, accompanied by the donor. The text says a tomb, the first you see, struck the keynote for such works of the Renaissance in France.
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- Author
- Grant Allen
- Pages
- 171
- Language
- English
- Genre
- European History
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