The novel's original French title,Notre-Dame de Paris, indicates that the cathedral itself is the most significant aspect of the novel, both the main setting and the focus of the story's themes.[6]The building had fallen into disrepair at the time of writing, which was something Hugo felt...
“anyone who was a poet became an architect”. But after the Gutenberg Bible the convenience of print triumphed over the longevity of stone. Although in future great buildings may still arise, “architecture will no longer be the social, the collective, the dominant art. The...
Gutenberg’s letters of lead are about to supersede Orpheus’s letters of stone. The book is about to kill the edifice. The invention of printing is the greatest event in history. It is the mother of revolution. It is the mode of expression of humanity which is totally renewed; it is ...