Anne Louise Germaine de Staël Quote

A Gothic building engenders true religion.... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give a silent image of that infinite mystery which the soul for ever feels, and never comprehends.


Corinne, or Italy (1807)


A Gothic building engenders true religion.... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give a...

A Gothic building engenders true religion.... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give a...

A Gothic building engenders true religion.... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give a...

A Gothic building engenders true religion.... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give a...