Gothic 1

Part 2

Artist: n/aTitle: Royal Portal, West Façade, Chartres Cathedral. Detail: Prophets and Ancestors of Christ (Kings and Queens of Judea) (Right side, Central Portal) Medium: n/aSize: n/aDate: c. 1145–55Source/ Museum: Chartres, France

elegant and elongated statues of kings, queens and figures from the Old Testament that are full of expression, gazing down on the visitor with elegant condescension.

150 and 170 medieval stained glass

West Rose dates from early 13th century and its three lancet windows are from c.1150. window depicts the Last Judgment: Christ in judgment is surrounded by Four Evangelists and angels, then scenes of angels blowing trumpets, resurrection, judgment, heaven and hell.

North Rose and its five lancet (tall arched wondows) windows were a gift from Queen Blanche of Castille in 1230. The rose window depicts the Glorification of the Virgin: Virgin and Child surrounded by doves and angels, then Old Testament kings and Old Testament prophets

South Rose and its five lancet windows date from the 1230s. The rose window depicts the Glorification of Christ: Christ blessing surrounded by Four Evangelists and angels, then the elders of the Apocalypse, then the arms of donors to the cathedral.

notable window is the Blue Virgin Window, created around 1150 and now part of a window in the south ambulatory aisle next to the transept.

•Cathedral has housed the tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Sancta Camisia, since 876•one of several French Gothic masterpieces built because fire had destroyed its predecessors•1194 it seemed that the Sancta Camisia perished in the fire. But three days later it was found unharmed in the treasury, which the bishop proclaimed was a sign from Mary herself that another

Artist: n/aTitle: Chartres Cathedral, air view from Southeast Medium: n/aSize: n/aDate: n/aSource/ Museum: n/a

is the tallest Gothic church and largest cathedral in France.length of 476 feet, hgt. 139 feet

1206, most important pilgrimage destinations in Europe when the head of St. John the Baptist was brought back by Crusaders. principal source of revenue for the cathedral for years to come

fire - Romanesque cathedral in 1218

a three-aisled nave twin-towered west façade a three-aisled transept a five-aisled choir an ambulatoryradiating chapels.

Title: Nave, Amiens Cathedral Date: 1220–88; upper choir reworked after 1258Source/ Museum: France

Title: Vaults, Sanctuary, Amiens Cathedral Medium: n/aSize: n/aDate: Upper choir after 1258; vaulted by 1288Source/ Museum: France

beauty in simplicity - all vertical lines stretching to the tall ceiling in a light and calm space

floor is tiled in striking black-and-white geometric patterns that echo the labyrinth in the center of the nave

Title: West Façade, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims Date: Rebuilding begun 1211; façade begun c. 1225; to the height of rose window by 1260; finished for the coronation of Philip the Fair in 1286; towers left unfinished in 1311; additional work 1406–28Source/ Museum: France

The kings of France were once crowned in Reims Cathedral. Along with the cathedrals of Chartres and Amiens, Reims is a member of the illustrious triad of "High Gothic" or "Classical" French cathedrals built in the 13th century.

In 1875 the French National Assembly voted to fund extensive repairs of the façade and balustrades. This façade is the finest portion of the building, and one of the most perfect masterpieces of the Middle Ages

The towers, 267 ft. high, were originally designed to rise 394 ft. The south tower contains two great bells, one of which (named "Charlotte" by the Cardinal of Lorraine in 1570) weighs more than 11 tons

Famous Russian painter Marc Chagall's work can also be admired in the cathedral through the stained glasses later installed at the back, and on the side of the cathedral.

The treasury contains the Sainte Ampoule, or holy flask, the successor of the ancient one that contained the oil with which French kings were anointed. The original was broken at the French Revolution but the current version contains a fragment of the original.

German shellfire during the opening engagements of the First World War on 20 September 1914 The lead of the roofs melted and poured through the stone gargoyles, destroying in turn the bishop's palace

Title: Nave, Reims Cathedral, looking West Date: Begun 1211; nave c. 1220Source/ Museum: Reims, FranceThe interior of the cathedral is 455 ft. long, 98 ft. wide in the nave, and 125 ft. high in the center

•nave with aisles•transepts with aisles•a choir with double aisles•an apse with ambulatory and radiating chapels.

The cathedral possessed fine tapestries

Title: Upper Chapel, Sainte-Chapelle Date: 1243–48Source/ Museum: Paris13th-century Gothic chapel in the heart of Paris, France. It was built by Louis IX for use as his royal chapel.

purchased the crown of thorns for 135,000 livres (the entire chapel, by contrast, cost 40,000 livres to build). A piece of the True Cross was added, along with other relics, making Sainte-Chapelle a valuable reliquary.

•strong sense of fragile beauty•enveloped in light and color•6,458 square feet of stained glass windows•1,130 figures from the Bible

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