| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Chartres, Centre, France | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | rebuilt 1194-1260 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (French) | en_US |
| dc.date | 1194-1260 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-10T19:22:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-10T19:22:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1194-1260 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 216155 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 281 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/123784 | |
| dc.description | Close-up view of capitals and crowned heads of jamb figures; Dedicated to Notre-Dame, Chartres Cathedral acquired strong associations with the cult of the Virgin. Most of the 12th- and 13th-century sculpture and stained glass survive, to make the cathedral one of the most 'complete' medieval buildings in existence. The present cathedral was built after a fire in 1194; of the earlier church only the 11th-century crypt and the 12th-century western block survive. The cathedral, built of limestone, is about 34 m high and 130 m long internally. It has a four-bay choir with double aisles and a double ambulatory with six radiating chapels, of which three are shallow and three, reflecting the surviving crypt chapels, are deeper. [A UNESCO World Heritage Site] Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/8/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone; limestone | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gothic (Medieval) | en_US |
| dc.title | Chartres Cathedral | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-F-C-C-1-C7 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | French | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | cathedral | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | unknown (French) | en_US |
