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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 ...
Chartres Cathedral, ... Less obvious than the jamb statues but far more intricately carved is the frieze that stretches all across the façade in the sculpted ...
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 ...
The stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral are held to be one of the best-preserved and most complete set of medieval stained glass, notably celebrated for their colours, especially their cobalt blue. They cover 2600 square metres in total and consist of 172 bays illustrating biblical scenes, the lives of the saints and scenes from the ...
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 Romanesque crypt of Chartres Cathedral was greatly enlarged in the 11th century; it is U-shaped and 230 m (750 ft) long. It survived the fire in the 12th century which destroyed the Romanesque cathedral, and was used as the foundation for the new Gothic cathedral. The walls of the crypt chapels were painted with Gothic murals.
The statues on the portal of the Valois, on the transept of the Saint Denis, made in 1175, have very elongated and expressive figures, and also had an important effect on Gothic sculpture. They were the opposite of the more restrained and dignified figures of Chartres Cathedral, made about the same time. [65]
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