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5652395015Rottgen PietaTime: 1300 Location: Germany Detail: humanized version of Jesus and Mary Function: depict biblical figures more naturally, fascination with the suffering of Jesus and suffering of Mary0
5652395016Chartres CathedralTime: 1100 Detail: royal portal, rose window, flying buttresses, pointed arches, four part ribbed vaults, commissioned by Thierry of Chartres Function: sacred space1
5652395017Chartres Cathedral NaveTime: 1100 Details: four part ribbed vaults, pointed arches, three stories (nave arcade, triforium, clerestory), three stories to make windows bigger Function: sacred space, lux nova2
5652395018Chartres Cathedral Royal PortalTime: 1100 Details: left tympanum: Ascension to Heaven (zodiacs on archivolts), central tympanum: Second Coming (gentler than Romanesque), right tympanum: Jesus on Mary's lap (Theotokos) Function: for illiterate worshippers3
5652395019Chartres Cathedral Jamb FiguresTime: 1100 Details: royal ancestry of Jesus, new naturalism: vibrant colors, naturalized unmasked faces, attached to columns Function: display Biblical figures4
5652395020Chartres Cathedral Rose WindowTime: 1200 Details: Mary as Theotokos in the center, royal motifs of castles and fleur de lis, four Old Testament ancestors of Jesus in the lancets Function: lux nova, display Mary as the centerpiece5
5652395021Chartres Cathedral Mary and ChildTime: 1100 Details: Mary seated at a throne with Jesus on lap, crown, throne, and Holy Spirit signify royalty, angels surround her Function: lux nova, display Mary as centerpiece6
5652395022Sainte ChappelleTime: 1200 Details: Rayonnant style, slender, commissioned by Louis IX to house the crown of thorns and other artifacts of Jesus, fleur de lis on ceiling, pointed arches Function: reliquary7
5652395023Blanche of Castille and Louis IXTime: 1200 Details: Louis IX and his mother (Blanche of Castille), and two monks, dedication page Function: moralized Bible, illustrated page dedicated to Louis IX8
5652395024Golden HaggadahTime: 1300 Details: plagues of Egypt, scenes of liberation, Passover Function: education purposes, preparation for Passover9
5652395025Lancetstall, skinny windows10
5652395026Pinnaclessharply pointed ornaments, capping piers11
5652395027Grisaillemonochrome painting done in neutral grays12
5652395028Altarpiecepanel above and behind an altar13
5652395029Punchworkan openwork embroidery with patterns of holes14
5652395030flying buttressbuttress slanting from a separate pier, done to decrease the weight of the wall and allow for large windows15
5652395031Colonettesthin column16
5652395032Finialscrowning ornament17
5652395033Trefoilcloverlike ornament with stylized leaves in groups of three18
5652395034Bar traceryornamental stonework for holding stained glass in place19
5652395035predellanarrow ledge on which an altarpiece rests20
5652395036retabloframe enclosing decorated panels above an altar21
5652395037rose windowa circular window with mullions or tracery radiating in a form suggestive of a rose22
5652395038triforiumblind arcaded gallery below the clerestory23
5652395039gabledpart of a wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof24
5652395040quatrefoilshape that has parts assuming the form of a cloverleaf25
5652395041mullionsvertical member that divides a window from another26

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