Chartres Cathedral Transepts
When Chartres was rebuilt after the fire of 1194, both the scale and extent of cathedral imagery had changed. Gothic Chartres was conceived as a … Read more
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Chartres Cathedral Royal Portal Sculpture
The west portal of Chartres Cathedral, known as the Royal Portal, was part of a campaign to beautify the cathedral, which began in the time … Read more
Chartres Cathedral Sculpture
Our Lady of Chartres is par excellence a cathedral of images, both carved and painted. Portals to west, north and south are guarded and enlivened … Read more