East End, Troyes Cathedral under Restoration, France
Charles Marville French
Not on view
Marville’s clever photograph deftly deploys a simple tool, a very tall ladder, to indicate the impressive height of the cathedral, emphasizing its symbolism as the meeting point between heaven and earth. More pragmatically, the inclusion of rubble, a shed, and other signs of construction denote the transitional state of the cathedral and the extent of the work site. Marville made the photograph for the architect charged with the cathedral’s restoration, Eugène Millet.
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