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Chartres, tympanum over central portal, W entrance. Christ in Glory,
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four living creatures of the Apocalypse, & 12 apostles,, Enoch, & Elias. |
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of Heaven relegates the Last Judgment to the S transept. The 2000 sculpted
figures on the exterior of Chartres constitute a comprehensive and coherent
Christology. |
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Chartres, sculptures on jamb between left portal and center portal, W front |
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Chartres, statues to right of center door, W front. Central two are Solomon & Queen
of Sheba. The statues are carved out of the column, not just attached |
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Chartres, S portal of W front, tympanum |
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Xt's nativity, presentation in temple, & in
glory with Mary in heaven. An argument in stone to support William of Thierry's
(chancellor of the Cathedral School of Chartres) refutation of Berengar
;& Henry of Lausanne; who denied Christ was fully human, & present
in the Eucharist. In the tympanum the Christchild is lying on an altar-like
crib (Eucharist on an altar), and he is on a little altar in the Presentation
scene. In the
outer rim of the tympanum are figures representing the seven Liberal
Arts, and famous Greek and
Roman thinkers who gave us he liberal
arts.
On the bottom, right, is Donatus the grammarian, & above him is Grammar
(woman teaching two young boy); facing Donatus is Pythagoras working
out his discovery of musical intervals. Above him is Music. On the left
outer
rim, bottom, is Aristotle, and above him Philosophy. The Cathedral School
of Chartres was a famous center of Liberal Arts study, in this 12th & 13th
century renaissance.
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Chartres, another view; of the same tympanum |
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Chartres, N portal, W front, left side, oldest statues on Chartres, 12th
C. |
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Chartres, S transept tympanum, Last Judgment, gentler than usual |
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Chartres, same portal, lower portion. Christ the teacher (cf School of
Chartres)
On left are SS Philip, Thomas, Andrew, & Peter |
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Laon Cathedral, Notre Dame. Seen from below the bluff on which he city
stands. Much fought over in WWI and WWII. One of the earliest cathedrals,
1160-1205. |
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Laon, W front. Towers have sculptured oxen projecting from their edges,
commemorating the oxen who pulled up the hill the loads of stone to build
the cathedral. |
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Laon, rose window on W facade
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Laon, Hippo (?) Gargoyle on W facade. Note how deeply inset the portals
are. |
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