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, ...

About 80 kilometers southwest of Paris stands the city of Chartres, one of whose main cultural attractions is its Gothic cathedral built between 1194 and 1220. It was built in the same place where ...

The facade of Notre Dame de Chartres Cathedral in France.(Photo: Courtesy photo) In a letter dated 1835, a few years before his spectacular restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ...

Amazingly, after Chartres' cathedral burnt to the ground in 1194 ... studies of this Flamboyant Gothic (mid-14th century) facade at various seasons and times of day, capturing his "impressions ...

Or, he can talk for an hour about one of the famous stained-glass windows of the west facade and ... s residence in the country. He chose Chartres cathedral as his subject. He moved to the ...

Amazingly, after Chartres' cathedral burnt to the ground in 1194 ... studies of this Flamboyant Gothic (mid-14th century) facade at various seasons and times of day, capturing his "impressions ...

Amazingly, Chartres’ cathedral took just 30 years to rebuild ... studies of this Flamboyant Gothic (mid-14th century) facade at various times of day, capturing “impressions.” ...

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, ...