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Word: vezelay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1956-1956
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...GLORY OF ROMANESQUE ART (351 pp.; Vanguard; $15). In the minds of many visitors to France, what lingers longest is the richness of its Romanesque architecture, the combination of religiosity and dedicated workmanship that lives in Chartres, at Mont St.-Michel, in Vezelay. These 271 photographs are rich evidence of the legacy left by the great architects and sculptors of 11th and 12th century France, the marriage of mass and grace, of glory to God and man's determination to create for posterity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good to Look At | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

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