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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. [82] [83] [84]
The tympanum is a Last Judgement scene. Donor Louis, Count of Vendôme, 1417. 38 - Miracles of Our Lady. Shows pilgrimage to Chartres, the cathedral's construction and some of the miracles of Our Lady of Chartres. The lower circle underlines the appeal to the pilgrims' generosity to fund the project. Butchers guild, 1205–1215.
Whole window. Saint Thomas Becket window in Chartres Cathedral is a 1215–1225 stained-glass window in Chartres Cathedral, located behind a grille in the Confessors' Chapel, second chapel of the south ambulatory. 8.9 m high by 2.18 m wide, it was funded by the tanners' guild. [1]
The painting shows the west front of Chartres Cathedral bathed in a warm afternoon light that accentuates its luminosity. The cathedral, with clear and precise lines, has two juxtaposed spires, whose verticality is taken up by the two slender trees on the right, according to a balanced and coherent composition found also in other works by Corot.
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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]
Overall view. 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.
Pages in category "Chartres Cathedral" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ... Mobile view ...