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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, the porches adorned with fine sculptures from the middle of the 12th century, and the magnificent 12th- and 13th-century stained-glass windows, all in remarkable condition, combine to make it a masterpiece.
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The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai was built in the first half of the 12th century. It is especially distinguished by a Romanesque nave of extraordinary dimensions, a wealth of sculpture on its capitals and a transept topped by five towers, all precursors of the Gothic style. The choir, rebuilt in the 13th century, is in the pure Gothic style.
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Amiens Cathedral, in the heart of Picardy, is one of the largest 'classic' Gothic churches of the 13th century. It is notable for the coherence of its plan, the beauty of its three-tier interior elevation and the particularly fine display of sculptures on the principal facade and in the south transept.
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Although the chapel was originally surrounded by the royal castleㅡtoday it is surrounded by the Ministry of Justiceㅡit remains more or less intact, save for a nineteenth-century repainting. its acoustics were originally among the best in Paris and remain so today.
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Santa Maria Novella was commissioned by the Dominicans and, like Santa Croce, its construction was supported by the Florentine government and private citizens.
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Pisano designed only the lower half of the facade. Except for the rose window, the upper half of the facade dates from the fourteenth century. The mosaics in the top gables date from the nineteenth century.
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Santa Croce was commissioned by the Franciscans with the support of the Florentine governmnet and private citizens.
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During the Renaissance, an elaborate, more sensuous style of art would develop in Venice, influenced by the elaborate Gothic style of facades such as this one.
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it i worth remembering that the Italian word palazzo refers to any reasonably large urban house.
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In Alberti's time, the Rucellai's house extended to the right by four more days and one more doorway, or potal.
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This chapel was certainly modeled after a classcial temple. It was commissioned by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, financiers of Christopher Columbus's voyages to America. It was undertaken in support of Pope Alexander VI, who was himself Spanish.
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The Tokugawa shoguns destroyed most of the Momoyama castles in the early seventeenth century because they believed the castles encouraged other daimyo to challenge their power.
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A statue of St. Paul stands on top of he central portico, flanked by statues of St. John (right) and St. Peter (left). The sculptural detail in the portico pediment depicts the conversion of paul following his vision on the road to Damascus.
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Length, 350', width 147', height of podium 23', height of column 63'. The church of La Madeleine was built to culminate a north-south axis that began on the left bank of the Seine at the Chamber of Deputies (newly refurbished with a facade of Corinthian columns), crossing a new bridge northward into the Place de la Concorde.
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"Get a close look at original art by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and John Singer Sargent. Marvel at magnificent 16th century tapestries, a Library with 10,000 volumes, a Banquet Hall with a 70-foot ceiling, 65 fireplaces, an indoor pool, and a bowling alley." (Builtmore House)
