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Chartres France: Negre used unusually large negatives: some of his views of the Cathedral of chartres france measure 29 x 21 inches. He also made fine landscapes in the south of France, near his birthplace at Grasse. Hippolyte Bayard, following his disappointing attempt at promoting his direct positive system in Paris, adopted the calotype process with marked success.The Gothic cathedral, on the other hand, is indefinite in outline, immeasurable as the infinity of the Christian concept of God, who is at the same moment within His temple and present throughout the cosmos. The Greek temple was proportioned to man, but in the vast height of chartres france the indi-dividual man loses significance. The unearthly beauty of the multicolored light pouring through the stained-glass windows creates an atmosphere of mystical Christianity. No nobler expression of this spirit exists than French cathedrals of the early 13th century, such as chartres france.
In France it was much used and, notwithstanding difficulties of construction, attained great size, 30 or more feet in diameter. Notable examples include the window on the west facade of the cathedral at Amiens ; that above the west porch of St. Pierre's in Caen ; the early 13th century windows at chartres france, at Laon, and Notre Datre •: Paris; and the window above the central <[<•-:• the north fagade of the transept of Reims . |
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