ARTHIST 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Manganese, Potash, Clerestory
1 Nov 2016
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Portals and glass at chartres, choir screens as social/sacred zoning, the cathedral of. The panel of the adoration of the magii from the choir screen of chartres. Social dynamics at chartres in the 12th-13th centuries: count of chartres; other nobles serfs/trades, bishop & chapter serfs or avou es trades, burghers; specialized labor, kings, queen royals. Not only on the west end, but also radiating out to the transept: theme. Confessors those who are known through their theological works (ambrose, jerome, etc) Pattern same in the windows: martyrs, confessors, apostles: south transept portals faced the town: deeply political. Very similar to laon cathedrals west fa ade. Dynamic relationships masterbuilders travelled around and picked up ideas. On the buttresses, little ediculai with statues. Lineage of the bilbe merging with the lineage of the family as well. Christ on the trumeau, flanked by the apostles. Christ stands on a serpant symbolizes his victory over evil.
