Chartres Cathedral
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 | Chartres Cathedral |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | Chartres, France |
| Date | 1194 to 1260 |
| Building Type | cathedral |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | small urban |
| Architectural Style | Gothic exemplar |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | In the small town of Chartres, near to and south-west of Paris. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Chartres_Cathedral.html |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Sites | |
| Name | Chartres Cathedral |
| UNESCO State Party | France |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv |
| UNESCO Site ID | 81 |
| Year of Listing | 1979 |
Commentary
"In 1194, the master-builder of Chartres outlined new principles which would inspire all the great architects of the 13th century. The elevation was in three tiers as it had no gallery (the relationship between the three levels should be noted), and the vaulting was quadripartite, which eliminated the need for alternating supports. Externally, an important change was introduced by abandoning the five towers initially planned over the transepts."
—John Julius Norwich. The World Atlas of Architecture. p217.
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Werner Blaser and Monica Stucky. Drawings of Great Buildings. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag, 1983. ISBN 3-7643-1522-9. LC 83-15831. NA2706.U6D72 1983. plan drawing, p80. interior elevation of two bays, p80. transverse section drawing of nave and aisles, p80.
Johnson Architectural Images. Copyrighted slides in the Artifice Collection.
Spiro Kostof. A History of Architecture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. ISBN 0-19-503472-4. LC 84-25375. NA200.K65 1985. detail photo, p322. exterior across field, p334. plan and section drawings, p335. Available at Amazon.com
John Julius Norwich, ed. The World Atlas of Architecture. New York: Portland House, 1988. ISBN 0-517-66875-0. Reprint edition: Da Capo Press, April 1991. ISBN 0-3068-0436-0. — An accessible, inspiring and informative overview of world architecture, with lots of full-color cutaway drawings, and clear explanations. Available at Amazon.com
G. E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3556-2. LC 90-30728. NA200.S57 1990. context photo, p52, close-up of buttresses, p53. — Available at Amazon.com
Russell Sturgis. The Architecture Sourcebook. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984. ISBN 0-442-20831-9. LC 84-7275. NA2840.S78. perspective detail drawing, p325.
Doreen Yarwood. The Architecture of Europe. New York: Hastings House, 1974. ISBN 0-8038-0364-8. LC 73-11105. NA950.Y37. detail drawing of plate tracery, f457, p217. elevation drawing west front, fig433, p207.
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