Western Art

In the Paris suburb, about 80 km from the city, there stands the one of the most corking samples of the French duomos of medieval style, the Chartres. Numerous full-page kit and boodle on this subject someway conjure up that Gothic architecture began with the quantum leap of Chartres cathedral, France (Vickers, 1999). To be more specific about the national architecture of this building, let us mother inside. There are several unparalleled architectural features, cutting-edge for the 12th century, introduced in the edifice.First and the most outstanding of them, the evanescent buttresses, have greatly contributed in the whole architectural solution represented by higher ceiling and thinner walls, which later(prenominal) became typical for Gothic structures. The buttresses allowed redistributing of the roof fill up outw?rds, and helped to avoid the old practice of thick, fundamental walls. Generally, the Cathedral was built in Latin-crossed configuration, as we can see on t he planAs we enter the cathedral, our attention is generally drawn by multiple arches (another curiosity of cathedrals architecture), the stained-glass windows composed of the hundreds of geometric?lly sh?ped glass pieces, and the sculptures illustrating Old Testament scenes. By moving on between the deuce towers, we are walking over the noted labyrinth, and can see numerous arcades on the both North and South Naves, with clearstory and stained glass above.As we wait on back to the entrance, we notice one of the trine flush windows on the west front. short-lived the aspiring aisles leads us to the Crossing, the central fragment of the building, wider and more spacious. On the left transept our gaze is immediately grabbed by the wall characterization of Saints fronting the Virgin and Child painting on the opposite transept.At the same cartridge holder we are enjoying the view of cross-type vaulting and stop number north and south walls including more rose windows. After the Crossing, we are finally arrive at the Choir section and the Ambulatory. The apse of the cathedral is represented with 5 Radiating Chapels. The Chartres Cathedral that we have nowadays, despite fire restoration and further restoration, is one of the finest examples of the French Gothic architecture.