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Notre Dame. Reims. Chartres. Amiens. Salisbury. Saint Chapelle. Is it SYMMETRICAL?. Notre Dame (Paris), 1163-1345 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC. Reims Cathedral 1230s-1260 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC. Is it SYMMETRICAL?. Chartres Cathedral 1134-1220 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC
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Notre Dame Reims Chartres Amiens Salisbury Saint Chapelle
Is it SYMMETRICAL? Notre Dame (Paris), 1163-1345 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC Reims Cathedral1230s-1260 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC
Is it SYMMETRICAL? Chartres Cathedral1134-1220 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC South Tower,1160 North Spire, 1506-1513 Amiens Cathedral 1220-1236 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC
Is it ENGLISH? Westminster Abbey,1245-1517ENGLISH PERPENDICULAR GOTHIC Exeter Cathedral,1258-1400ENGLISH DECORATIVE GOTHIC
Guess That Building! Amiens Cathedral, 1220-1236 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC
Guess That Building! Chartres Cathedral1134-1220 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC
Amiens Cathedral, 1220-1236 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC
Abbey Church of St. Denis Begun 1136-1140 by Abbot Suger EARLY FRENCH GOTHIC
Guess That Building! Reims Cathedral1230s-1260 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC
Chartres Cathedral (Royal Portal) “theotokos” (seat of wisdom)
Chartres Cathedral (Royal Portal) Old Testament queenand two kings, from the Royal Portalat Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France ca 1145-1155 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC
Chartres Cathedral (Tree of Jesse) Tree of JesseWest Façade, Chartres c1150-1170 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC Jesse was the father of King David, thus an ancestor to Mary & Jesus. A family tree literally connects Jesus with the house of David. Fourteen prophets flank the tree in half-moons.
Rose window and lancets, north transept Chartres, France ca 1220 The immense rose window and lancets of Chartres Cathedral’s north transept were the gift of the Queen of France, Blanche of Castile, around 1220. Mary appears in the roundel at the center of the rose, which resembles a gem-studded book cover or cloisonné brooch. Below, in the lancets, are Saint Anne and four Old Testament prophets, supporting the New Testament figures above, as on the Royal Portal.
Guess That Building! Notre Dame (Paris), 1163-1345 HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC
Notre Dame Cathedral (Paris) Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris), Notre Dame HIGH FRENCH GOTHIC Praxiteles, Hermes and DionysusLATE CLASSICAL GREEK
Guess That Building! Sainte-Chapelle, ca 1243-1248 RAYONNANT (Radiant) GOTHIC Stained glass makes up about 75% of the cathedral walls