Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
His most famous work is "The Communion of Saints", a series of tapestry panels in the interior of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Career
Jehan (Jean) Texier or Le Texier (before 1474 – 29 December 1529 in Chartres [1]), better known as Jehan (Jean) de Beauce was a 15th/16th-century French architect. He is known for his works of religious architecture, notably on the Chartres cathedral of which he reconstructed the northern spire.
A few important examples of 12th-century windows are found at Chartres Cathedral on the inside of the western facade, in three lancet windows under the rose window. These windows survived a devastating fire in the Cathedral in 1194, and are considered some of the best examples of 12th-century work in France. [5]
Popular action-adventure video game Assassin's Creed features a climbable cathedral modelled heavily on the Chartres Cathedral. Chartres Cathedral and, especially, its labyrinth are featured in the novels Labyrinth and The City of Tears by Kate Mosse, who was educated in and is a resident of Chartres' twin city Chichester. [83] [84] [85]
Some windows survive from an earlier Chartres Cathedral, such as the three lancets on the west front (1145–1155, contemporary with those made for Abbot Suger at the Basilica of Saint-Denis) and the lancet south of the choir known as 'Notre-Dame de la Belle Verrière', famed for its Chartres blue (1180).
Interior of a Gothic Church is an oil on panel painting by Paul Vredeman de Vries. [1] The painting was completed in 1595 and is currently on display at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York. [1] Interior of a Gothic Cathedral by Paul Vredeman de Vries, 1612, Oil on wood, from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art [2]
A picture taken on April 16, 2019, shows an interior view of the cathedral after a fire devastated the building. AFP via Getty Images Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns on ...
Cathedral of Saint Paul (Minnesota) 6,200 (estimated) [51] 1906–1915 St Paul, Minnesota United States: Catholic Immaculata Church: 6,169 [52] 1,580 [52] 2020-2023 St. Marys, Kansas United States: Catholic The largest SSPX Catholic church in the world Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels: 6,038 [citation needed] 1998–2002 Los Angeles United ...