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Chartres Cathedral's jamb statues contribute to a royal portal. [2] Jamb statues have also been known in the past to contribute to the representation of social strata on different levels. [3] A connection between jamb statues and pilgrimage sculpture has been explored in the past in connection to the lion sign often occurring within jamb ...
The Cathedral of Saint Paul is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, along with the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis. One of the most distinctive cathedrals in the United States, it sits on Cathedral Hill overlooking downtown Saint Paul and ...
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The statue’s flowing drapery and the illusion that the figure is detached from the façade and jamb columns behind it are typical of the International Gothic style. [1] The Smiling Angel is comparable to a nearby statue of St. Joseph , also situated on the Reims Cathedral facade on the left jamb in the central doorway of the west portal, who ...
The columns between the spans hold statues, around 1.6m tall, all by Thomas Boudin, showing God the Father, Fulbert and other unidentified bishops of Chartres. [5] There are also another 84 smaller statues at various levels, between 35 cm and 60 cm tall - the original plan seemed to be to show figures from society and envisaged 136 of these ...
Le Moyen âge retrouvé - De saint Louis à Viollet Le Duc: Le Maître de saint Eustache de la cathédrale de Chartres / Les problèmes de la peinture gothique et le Maître de saint Chéron de la cathédrale de Chartres. Vol. 2. Preface by Jean Bony and Jean Taralon. Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 2-08-010932-4. Manhes-Deremble, Colette (1993).
Lucien Galtier (c. 1812 – February 21, 1866) was the first Catholic priest who served in Minnesota, United States of America.He was born in southern France in the town of Saint-Affrique, department of Aveyron.
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