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 ...

In the mid-13th century, the focus of Gothic architecture shifted away from ... “Hood later designed the Rockefeller Center, which is Art Deco. They peel off the historicizing detail, but ...

The cathedral, which was dedicated to the first Christian martyr, Saint Etienne, occupies the site of a place of worship since the 3rd century. Built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, it ...

Restorations in a 13th-century church revealed paint and symbols previously undiscovered in France. Ronan-Louessard French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research On the ...