Ambulatory and radiating chapels

Abbey church

Saint-Denis, France

1140-1144 CE

Plan of the East End

Abbey church

Saint-Denis, France

1140-1144 CE

Vaults of the Ambulatory and radiating chapels of the choir

Abbey church

Saint-Denis, France

1140-1144 CE

Arial view of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

begun: 1134 CE

Rebuilt: 1194 CE

Royal Portal

West facade of the Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

1145-1155 CE

Old Testament kings and queens

Jamb statues on the central doorway of Royal Portal

West facade of the Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

1145-1155 CE

West facade of Laon Cathedral

Laon, France

1190 CE

Interior of Laon Cathedral

Laon, France

1190 CE

Nave elevations of four French Gothic cathedrals at the same scale

Notre-Dame

Paris, France

begun in 1163 CE

Nave and flying buttresses: 1180-1200 CE

Remodeled after 1225 CE

Plan of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

as rebuilt after 1194 CE

Interior of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

begun 1194 CE

Virgin and Child and angels (Notre Dame de la Belle Verrière)

Window in the choir of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

1170 CE

with 13th-century side panels

Stained glass

16' x 7' x 8"

Rose window and lancets

north trancept

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

1220 CE

Stained glass

Rose window approx. 43' in diameter

Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory

Jamb statues

Porch of the Confessors

South transept

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

1220-1230 CE

Saint Theodore

Jamb statue

Porch of the Martyrs

South transept

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

1230 CE

Interior of Amiens Cathedral

Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont

Amiens, France

Begun 1220 CE

Vaults, Clerestory and Triforium of the choir of Amiens Cathedral

Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont

Amiens, France

Begun 1220 CE

West facade of Amiens Cathedral

Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont

Amiens, France

begun in 1220 CE

Christ (Beau Dieu)

Trumeau statue of central doorway, West facade

Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, France

1220-1235 CE

West facade of Reims Cathedral

Reims, France

1225-1290 CE

Visitation

Jamb statues of central doorway, west facade

Reims Cathedral

Reims, France

1230 CE

Interior of the upper chapel

Sainte-Chapelle

Paris, France

1243-1248 CE

Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris)

Notre-Dame

Paris, France

Early 14th-century

West facade of Saint-Maclou

Rouen, France

1500-1514 CE

Aerial view of the fortified town on Carcassonne

Bastion and towers: 12th-13th centuries

restored by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century

Hall of the cloth guild

Briges, Netherlands

begun in 1230 CE

House of Jacques Coeur

Bourges, France

1443-1451 CE

Figures based on geometric shapes

from the folio 18 verso of a sketchbook

Villard de Honnecourt

from Paris, France

1220-1235 CE

Ink on Vellum

9.25" x 6"

God as architect of the world

Folio 1 verso of a moralized Bible

from Paris, France

1220-1230 CE

Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum

1' x 1.5" x 8.25"

Blance of Castile, Louis IX, and two monks

Dedication page (folio 8 recto) of a moralized Bible

Paris, France

1226-1234 CE

Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum

1'3" x 10.5"

Abraham and the three angels

folio 7 verso of the Psalter of Saint Louis

Paris, France

1253-1270 CE

Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum

5" 3.5"

David anointed by Samuel and battle of David and Goliath

Master Honoré

folio 7 verso of the Breviary of Philippe le Bel

Paris, France

1296 CE

Ink and tempera on vellum

7.875" x 4.875"

David before Saul

Jean Pucelle

folio 24 verso of the Belleville Breviary

Paris, France

1325 CE

Ink and tempera on vellum

9.5" x 6.75"

Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux

From the abbey church of Saint-Denis, France

1339 CE

Silver gilt and enamel

2'3.5" high

The Castle of Love and knights jousting

Lid of a jewelry casket

Paris, France

1330-1350 CE

Ivory and iron

4.5" x 9.75"

Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England

1220-1258 CE

West facade: 1265 CE

Spire: 1320-1330 CE

Plan of Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England

1220-1258 CE

Interior of Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England

1220-1258 CE

Choir of Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester, England

1332-1357 CE

Chapel of Henry VIII

Robert and William Vertue

Westminster Abbey

London, England

1503-1519

Tomb of Edward II

Gloucester Cathedral

London, England

1330-1335 CE

Mappamundi (World map) of Henry III

Richard de Bello

1277-1289 CE

Tempera on vellum

Approx. 5'2" x 4'4"

Hereford Cathedral

Hereford, England

The Cologne Cathedral

Gerhard of Cologne

Cologne, Germany

begun 1248

Nave facade and towers completed in 1880

Choir of the Cologne Cathedral

Gerhard of Cologne

Cologne, Germany

Completed in 1322 CE

Saint Elizabeth

Marburg, Germany

1235-1283 CE

Interior of Saint Elizabeth

Marburg, Germany

1235-1283 CE

Death of the Virgin

Tympanum of left doorway on the south trancept

Strasbourg Cathedral

Strasbourg, France

1230 CE

Ekkehard and Uta

Statues in the west choir

1249-1255 CE

Painted limestone

Approx. 6'2" high

Equestrian portrait (Bamberg Rider)

Statue in the east choir

Bamberg Cathedral

1235-1240 CE

Sandstone

7' 9" high

Virgin with the Dead Christ (Röttgen Pietà)

From the Rhineland, Germany

1300-1325 CE

Painted wood

2' 10.5" high

The Klosterneuburg Altar

Nicholas of Verdun

From the Abbey church at Klosterneuburg, Austria

1181 CE

Gilded copper and enamel

3' 6.75" high

Sacrifice of Issac

Nicholaus of Verdun

Detail of the Klosterneuburg Altar

from the abbey church of Klosterneuberg, Austria

1181 CE

Gilded copper and enamel

5.5" high

Shrine of the Three Kings

Nicholaus Verdun

From the Cologne Cathedral

Cologne, Germany

Begun 1190 CE

Silver, bronze, enamel and gemstones

5' 8" x 3' 8"

West facade of Orvieto Cathedral

Lorenzo Maitani

Orvieto, Italy

1310 CE

Doge's Palace

Venice, Italy

1340-1345 CE

Expanded and remodeled: 1424-1438 CE