FACADE OF THE CATHEDRAL OF COUTANCES
The cathedral of Coutances possesses one of the most beautiful facades in Normandy. For boldness of conception, mastery of proportion and power of massing, the towers are, perhaps, unsurpassed in mediaeval architecture. Their effect is
produced in no small measure by the extremely elongated proportions of the pointed openings and arcades and by the use of very tall and slender shafts. Both these features were carried over in the much later facade of Quimper.
The cathedral of Coutances possesses one of the most beautiful facades in Normandy. For boldness of conception, mastery of proportion and power of massing, the towers are, perhaps, unsurpassed in mediaeval architecture. Their effect is
produced in no small measure by the extremely elongated proportions of the pointed openings and arcades and by the use of very tall and slender shafts. Both these features were carried over in the much later facade of Quimper.