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Palladio,Andrea

PALLADIO,ANDREA

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Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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Notre Dame de Paris. In the 4th century CE a first Christian church was built on the foundations of a Roman Jupiter sanctuary. The present building was begun in 1163 and finished (except for the spires), in 1330.
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Notre Dame de Paris. In the 4th century CE a first Christian church was bui...

Notre Dame de Paris. In the 4th century CE a first Christian church was built on the foundations of a Roman Jupiter sanctuary. The present building was begun in 1163 and finished (except for the spires), in 1330.
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Notre Dame de Paris. In the 4th century CE a first Christian church was bui...

Notre Dame de Paris. The West facade: a row of 28 kings; three portals: Crowning of the Virgin, the Last Judgement and Saint Mary's Assumption. Rosewindow and gallery of slim columns. 1210-1220
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Notre Dame de Paris. The West facade: a row of 28 kings; three portals: Cr...

Notre Dame de Paris, the portal of the Virgin; left- hand portal of the West facade. Tympanon shows angels lifting Saint Mary from her tomb in the presence of Christ and the apostles; above, the Coronation of the Virgin.
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Notre Dame de Paris, the portal of the Virgin; left- hand portal of the West...

Chartres Cathedral, seen across the fields of the Beauce region.For more than 800 years, pilgrims on their way to Chartres saw the Cathedral from afar, silhouetted against the sky. After a fire in 1194, only spires and portal remained from the older construction.
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Chartres Cathedral, seen across the fields of the Beauce region.For more t...

Chartres Cathedral. South-side, tower and buttresses. Begun in 1020, Chartres Cathedral was rebuilt after a fire in 1194. The spires and portal remain from the older construction.
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Chartres Cathedral. South-side, tower and buttresses. Begun in 1020, Chartres...

Christ surrounded by the symbols of the four Evangelists and the 24 old men of the Apocalypse; from the tympanon of the south portal, Saint Pierre de Moissac, around 1130 Apo 4: 1 - 4
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Christ surrounded by the symbols of the four Evangelists and the 24...

The central portal of five, Saint Etienne Cathedral, Bourges. 1200-1270
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The central portal of five, Saint Etienne Cathedral, Bourges....

The Last Judgement; Christ as Judge of the World, from the tympanon of the center portal of Saint Etienne Cathedral, Bourges. 1200-1270
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The Last Judgement; Christ as Judge of the World, from the tympanon of the...

Christ, Judge of the World, from the tympanon of the central portal of Saint Etienne Cathedral,Bourges. 1200-1270
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Christ, Judge of the World, from the tympanon of the central portal of Sa...

The damned are pushed into the boiling kettles of Hell, Saint Etienne Cathedral, Bourges. 1200-1270
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The damned are pushed into the boiling kettles of Hell, Saint Etienne Cath...

Mankind in Abraham's lap; from the facade of Saint Etienne Cathedral, Bourges.
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Mankind in Abraham's lap; from the facade of Saint Etienne Cathedral, Bourges.