. Germany . Old Germany. saddest of all, by defacing the venerable churchesunder pretence of restoring them. Architectureas a fine art is not only not in its infancy, but noteven in embryo in Germany, and the Rhine has. BIT OF STRATSBUKXJ. Page 78. THE MID-MOUNTAIN REGION. 79 suffered from the monstrosities perpetrated by thetasteless savages who are employed to build last piece of deformation they have perpetratedhas been the dome of Mainz cathedral. This is,perhaps, the place to speak of Cologne, and tocontrast its cathedral with that of Strassburg. Thelatter is a work of genius—th
. Germany . Old Germany. saddest of all, by defacing the venerable churchesunder pretence of restoring them. Architectureas a fine art is not only not in its infancy, but noteven in embryo in Germany, and the Rhine has. BIT OF STRATSBUKXJ. Page 78. THE MID-MOUNTAIN REGION. 79 suffered from the monstrosities perpetrated by thetasteless savages who are employed to build last piece of deformation they have perpetratedhas been the dome of Mainz cathedral. This is,perhaps, the place to speak of Cologne, and tocontrast its cathedral with that of Strassburg. Thelatter is a work of genius—the former, of a pair ofcompasses. The name of the architect of Strass-burg is Erwein von Steinbach ; the name of thearchitect of Cologne is unknown, nor does it matterthat it is so. Cologne is a magnificent specimen,perhaps the finest in the world, of artistic technicalskill; but Strassburg is a monument of originalgenius. Cologne, moreover, is essentially French,and Strassburg as essentially German. Cologne belongs to the German plain, and hasbeen already described ; but Mainz belongs to themountain district we are now considering. The Westerwald falling back, leaves a rich basin,which was once a lake, at Neuw
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