Early French Gothic: Notre-Dame in Paris (1163-1250)

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Early French GothicNotre-Dame in Paris
(1163-1250)
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Notre-Dame in Paris
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Notre-Dame in Paris
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Flying buttress
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Chartres Cathedral (1194-1220)
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sexpartite and quadripartite vaulting
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Chartres Cathedral (1194-1220)
The Royal Portal (1145-55)
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The Virgin Mary The Christ Child The Nativity
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Central lancet window over the Portal at
Chartres The Life of Christ
Making of the stained glass
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The symbolism of light in Gothic Cathedrals
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Reims Cathedral (1211-1250)

• -quadripartite vaulting
• -the flying buttress
• -pilier cantonne
• -the sculptural program

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Amiens Cathedral (c. 1220)

• Robert de Luzarches
• Architect of the nave

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Amiens Cathedral Section through the nave The
ratio of width to height Amiens 1
3 Chartres 1 2.6
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Cathedral heights

• The nave height, from the base to the keystone
• Notre-Dame 115 ft.
• Chartres 125 ft.
• Reims 131 ft.
• Amiens 139 ft.

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The height of the nave arcade grows dramatically
-- 32 ft. at Notre-Dame -- 46 ft. at
Chartres -- 52 ft. at Reims -- 65 ft. at Amiens