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Chartres Cathedral. Chartres Cathedral ca. 1194-1260 west façade. flying buttresses. Question: What made it possible to dissolve the walls so that windows could be enlarged? Answer: The flying buttress. flying buttresses at Chartres Cathedral.
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Chartres Cathedralca. 1194-1260 west façade
Question: What made it possible to dissolve the walls so that windows could be enlarged? Answer: The flying buttress.
The lines of force created by the weight of the roof and the arches is redirected (or distributed) by the flying buttresses past the walls of the church to external piers (outside the child walls).As a result, windows can larger and the nave can be taller. The Flying Buttress What do the red-orange arrows represent?
At Chartres Cathedral, the flying buttresses are very conservative and “heavy.”
Amiens Cathedral: do you notice that the flying buttresses are lighter?
A computer rendering of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France. Notice how slender the flying buttresses are….
a gargoyle at Chartres Cathedral What is the purpose?
Gargoyles at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France. I think these gargoyles are decorative.
A gargoyle at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France. I think this gargoyle is decorative.
west façade: Royal Portal c. 1145-55 – central tympanum: Christ Enthroned in Majesty
west façade: Royal Portal c. 1145-55 – central tympanum: Christ Enthroned in Majesty
west façade: Royal Portal c. 1145-55jamb sculptures: Prophets and Ancestors of Christ
west façade: Royal Portal c. 1145-55jamb sculptures: Prophets and Ancestors of Christ
south transept entrancetrumeau sculpture: Beau Dieu or Christ as Teacher
Melchizedek, Abraham, Isaac, Samuel or Aaron, David 1200-1210 north transept
south transept entrance: Saint Theodore, Saint Stephen, martyr, martyr
Virgin and Childfrom the Auvergne region, Francec. 1150-1200oak with polychromy; height: 31”
The nave ceiling—looking directly up at the vaulting. Can you find a rib? Can you find a key stone? Can you find the main vault? Can you find where the engaged columnette joins the vaulting?
Who is this? Is this Gothic?