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CHARTRES CATHEDRAL
CHARTRES CATHEDRAL
STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
Chartres, France
designer unknown
1220
The great Gothic cathedrals of the medieval
era, such as Notre Dame (1350) in Paris, France,
and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres
(1220) in Chartres, France, marked the begin-
ning of a period of wealth and prosperity for the
Roman Catholic church in northwestern Europe.
This new French High Gothic style of architec-
ture was characteristic of soaring ribbed vaults,
flying buttresses, pointed arches, ornamental
gargoyles, carved turrets and canopies, and
stained glass windows.
Stained glass, as an early form of graphic
design in the built ...