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, ...

Chartres, whose cathedral had been destroyed by fire four ... made a major contribution to the export of this architectural art worldwide. The technical prowess that enabled the monument to ...

I am all for it,” History of Art and Architecture A.B. Julia E. Schlozman ’09 said in an email. Most famous for its extensive collection of stained glass windows, Chartres’ cathedral has ...

Window at Chartres Cathedral. Photo: Fr Lawrence Lew ... have on the eye (though for me any encounter with a new piece of art is almost always about the colors first), but also by their history ...

Work in progressCathedrals could sit partially unfinished for decades, as shown in a painting of 15th-century ... He once described France’s Chartres Cathedral as “this rich stone forest ...

On Tuesday 13 May at 8.15pm, at Burgess Hill, respected ‘rebel historian’ Geoff Stray will be digging into the mysteries and literal cover-ups surrounding the remarkable centuries-old labyrinth at ...

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, ...