The Chartres Cathedral in France has long been a crowd favorite, drawing millions of Catholic pilgrims and art lovers every year who come to bask in the famous blue glow of its 13th-century stained ...
. . . Could she ever die? I could never believe it. She awaits unborn generations worthy of understanding her.—Auguste Rodin. The most celebrated Gothic monument in Christendom had survived four years ...
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, ...