Hart 104.  Case Studies in Ancient and Medieval Architecture

Fall Semester 2004

 

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 Lecture 11.  Chartres Cathedral

 

 

1037 dedication of Bishop Fulbert's choir

1134 tower destroyed by fire

1145-75 reconstruction of west façade (glass and sculpture

1194 fire and construction of Gothic church begun

1220 vaults completed

   

south rose with donor, after 1224-28

north rose window, Blanche of Castille, before 1236

   

 1.  creation of High Gothic architecture

            double ambulatory

            projecting transept

            nine towers

            skeletal system

            pointed arch

            verticality (Laon Cathedral 78', Paris Cathedral 114', Chartres Cathedral 124', Beauvais

 Cathedral 157')

            ABA proportions

flying buttresses with tas-de-charge

pilier cantonné

 window with two lancets and plate tracery

triforium with passage

quadripartite rib vaults

   

2.  origin of the Chartres master

            Laon, St.-Ived, Braine

   

3.  chronology of construction

            west/east and east-west theories

 

4.  economics of building

            the trade windows (the Good Samaritan window)