Gothic architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. Origin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture
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CHARTRES CATHEDRAL. VIRTUAL. Click to learn about the programs of the sculptured portals, the narratives of the stained glass windows, the structure, ...
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www.ithaca.edu/chartres/
www.ithaca.edu/chartres/
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Chartres Cathedral by unknown architect, at Chartres, France, 1194 to 1260, in the Great Buildings Online. ... Chartres Cathedral Commentary ... Sources on Chartres Cathedral...
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www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Chartres_Cathedral.htm...
www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Chartres_Cathedral.html
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Because the Medieval Church dominated the arts, much of the architectural design was planned around the concept that the structure's function was to praise God and to remind His followers of Him. ... such as this detail from the Royal Portal, west facade, Chartres Cathedral. c. 1145-55. Many of statues and pictures in...
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www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/IPHS/Projects/iphs2/MEDIEVAL3.HTM
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Images of Chartres Cathedral by Harold Olejarz ... The town of Chartres, situated to the southeast of Paris, is dominated by its magnificent and justly famous cathedral dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus. This structure is built on the foundations of earlier churches, the first dating to the eighth century.
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www.olejarz.com/art/chartres/index.html
www.olejarz.com/art/chartres/index.html
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And last, but certainly not least, France, to visit a few Notre Dames -- Paris and Chartres. In fact, the last cathedral marks the end of this long introduction, and the subject of the book "The Mysteries of Chartres Cathedral"
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www.tuesdaynite.net/willy/wobooks/chartres.htm
www.tuesdaynite.net/willy/wobooks/chartres.htm
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Chartres Cathedral is a truly remarkable Gothic structure. Chartres Website is well worth exploring and has a point and click gallery for the carthedral as well as links to many other periods and styles of art and architecture.
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www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~rviau/chartres.html
www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~rviau/chartres.html
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Walking the famous labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral ... Work began first on the nave and by 1220 the main structure was complete, with the old crypt, along with the mid-12th-century Royal Portal which had also escaped the fire, incorporated into the new building.
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www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Chartres
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Chartres
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The early gothic structure of Chartres was burned down in a fire of 1194, causing the majority of the cathedral to be rebuilt in the High Gothic style by 1220. Chartres is known as the one of the first High Gothic buildings completed, as the original architectural plans included flying buttresses.
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www.daisychurch.com/cathedral/high.html
www.daisychurch.com/cathedral/high.html
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