1. Chartres Cathedral

7. Chartres Cathedral ca. 1194-1260 west façade

8. flying buttresses

9. Question: What made it possible to dissolve the walls so that windows could be enlarged? Answer: The flying buttress.

10. flying buttresses at Chartres Cathedral

11. The lines of force created by the weight of the roof and the arches is redirected (or distributed) by the flying buttresses past the walls of the church to external piers (outside the child walls). As a result, windows can larger and the nave can be taller. The Flying Buttress What do the red-orange arrows represent?

12. At Chartres Cathedral, the flying buttresses are very conservative and “heavy.”

13. Amiens Cathedral: do you notice that the flying buttresses are lighter?

14. Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France

15. A computer rendering of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France. Notice how slender the flying buttresses are….

16. a gargoyle at Chartres Cathedral What is the purpose?

17. a gargoyle

18. Gargoyles at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France. I think these gargoyles are decorative.

19. A gargoyle at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France. I think this gargoyle is decorative.

20. west façade: Royal Portal c. 1145-55 – central tympanum: Christ Enthroned in Majesty

22. west façade: Royal Portal c. 1145-55 jamb sculptures: Prophets and Ancestors of Christ

24. south transept entrance trumeau sculpture: Beau Dieu or Christ as Teacher

25. Melchizedek, Abraham, Isaac, Samuel or Aaron, David 1200-1210 north transept

26. Visitation

27. south transept entrance: Saint Theodore, Saint Stephen, martyr, martyr

28. west façade: royal portal tympanum: The Incarnation

29. Virgin and Child from the Auvergne region, France c. 1150-1200 oak with polychromy; height: 31”

30. north transept tympanum: Coronation of the Virgin

32. archivolt sculptures

39. The nave ceiling—looking directly up at the vaulting. Can you find a rib? Can you find a key stone? Can you find the main vault? Can you find where the engaged columnette joins the vaulting?

45. Who is this?

46. Is this Gothic?

47. Who is this?