An Art Worthy of its Name
The catastrophic fire that damaged Notre-Dame in April was not the first event that afflicted the great cathedral.
Peter Pennoyer is an architect, historian, and teacher, and the author, with Anne Walker, of Harrie T. Lindeberg and the American Country House (The Monacelli Press). This article is a shortened version of “The Past and Future of Notre Dame,” which appeared in the June 2019 issue of The New Criterion.
The catastrophic fire that damaged Notre-Dame in April was not the first event that afflicted the great cathedral.