Chartres Cathedral: Stained Glass
This is not intended as a comprehensive review of the stained glass of Chartres. See the excellent the excellent web site dedicated to Chartres by Alison Stones for that.
Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France
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The Royal Portal of Chartres Cathedral.
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One of the earliest treatments is that of the south-west tower of Chartres Cathedral, where, on the four projecting angles are lofty spire lights which, with others on the four faces and the octagonal spire itself, form a fine composition; ...
High Gothic started with the construction of Chartres cathedral, which was the first cathedral to include flying buttresses from the first original plan of the building.
They appear to have developed from the intricate paths laid out in C17th bosket. Where the labyrinth is two dimensional, they are referred to as "pavement labyrinths", the best known of which is on the floor of Chartres Cathedral.
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