The towering Gothic cathedral, marking the center of the town of Chartres, somehow captures ... a skeleton of support with columns, pointed arches and buttresses, so that the walls no longer ...

Amazingly, after Chartres' cathedral burnt to the ... with solid round arches in the nave's ground level, supporting gracefully Gothic upper stories that soar high above. Historians believe ...

Amazingly, after Chartres' cathedral burnt to the ... with solid round arches in the nave's ground level supporting gracefully Gothic upper stories that soar high above. Historians believe the ...

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...

The wonder that Chartres Cathedral inspires in me in the 21st ... That is the idea behind the pointed (Gothic) arch versus the rounded (Romanesque) arch. The Romanesque style emphasizes the ...

The origins of the Gothic aesthetic trace back ... Structures like Notre-Dame de Paris and Chartres Cathedral showcased ...

He once described France’s Chartres Cathedral as ... paths in Europe.) The Gothic emerged from the Romanesque (which was distinctive for rounded arches), and relied on a different visual ...

The Gothic cathedral—from St.-Denis and Notre-Dame of Paris to Chartres, Reims, and Amiens—stands out for a reason. Their flying buttresses, lofty towers, and subaqueous stained-glass windows ...

The towering Gothic cathedral, marking the center of the town of Chartres, somehow captures ... a skeleton of support with columns, pointed arches, and buttresses, so that the walls no longer ...

The towering Gothic cathedral, marking the center of the town of Chartres, somehow captures ... a skeleton of support with columns, pointed arches, and buttresses, so that the walls no longer ...