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The choir wall of Chartres Cathedral (French - clôture de chœur or tour du chœur) is a piece of stone architecture and sculpture in Chartres Cathedral, over 6 metres tall and around 100 metres long. It was commissioned right at the start of the 16th century by Jehan de Beauce to keep the laity out of the liturgical choir.
Joris-Karl Huysmans includes detailed interpretation of the symbolism underlying the art of Chartres Cathedral in his 1898 semi-autobiographical novel La cathédrale. Chartres was the primary basis for the fictional cathedral in David Macaulay 's Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction and the animated special based on this book.
Pages in category "Chartres Cathedral" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres; Choir wall of Chartres ...
Académie d'Orléans - Fiche enseignant : Tour du chœur de la cathédrale de Chartres - L'Annonciation (Jehan Soulas) Archived 2006-02-14 at the Wayback Machine; Archives départementales d'Eure-et-Loir : Contrat avec le sculpteur Jehan Soulas pour l'ornementation du chœur Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
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.
Choir wall of Chartres Cathedral; K. Kefermarkt altarpiece; M. Muiredach's High Cross; P. Plague Column, Košice; R. Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Algardi) S.