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Chartres Cathedral

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 Cathedral

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  1. Chartres Cathedral

  2. Chartres Cathedralca. 1194-1260 west façade

  3. flying buttresses

  4. Question: What made it possible to dissolve the walls so that windows could be enlarged? Answer: The flying buttress.

  5. flying buttresses at Chartres Cathedral

  6. 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?

  7. At Chartres Cathedral, the flying buttresses are very conservative and “heavy.”

  8. Amiens Cathedral: do you notice that the flying buttresses are lighter?

  9. Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France

  10. A computer rendering of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France. Notice how slender the flying buttresses are….

  11. a gargoyle at Chartres Cathedral What is the purpose?

  12. a gargoyle

  13. Gargoyles at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France. I think these gargoyles are decorative.

  14. A gargoyle at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France. I think this gargoyle is decorative.

  15. west façade: Royal Portal c. 1145-55 – central tympanum: Christ Enthroned in Majesty

  16. west façade: Royal Portal c. 1145-55 – central tympanum: Christ Enthroned in Majesty

  17. west façade: Royal Portal c. 1145-55jamb sculptures: Prophets and Ancestors of Christ

  18. west façade: Royal Portal c. 1145-55jamb sculptures: Prophets and Ancestors of Christ

  19. south transept entrancetrumeau sculpture: Beau Dieu or Christ as Teacher

  20. Melchizedek, Abraham, Isaac, Samuel or Aaron, David 1200-1210 north transept

  21. Visitation

  22. south transept entrance: Saint Theodore, Saint Stephen, martyr, martyr

  23. west façade: royal portaltympanum: The Incarnation

  24. Virgin and Childfrom the Auvergne region, Francec. 1150-1200oak with polychromy; height: 31”

  25. north transepttympanum: Coronation of the Virgin

  26. north transepttympanum: Coronation of the Virgin

  27. archivolt sculptures

  28. 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?

  29. Who is this?

  30. Who is this? Is this Gothic?

  31. Who is this?

  32. Who is this?

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