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Chartres Cathedral

  • Salon 4, catalog no. 4
  • High Gothic, begun 1134, rebuilt 1194
  • Chartres, France
  • Chartres Cathedral
  • Reconstruction of the building, after a fire, began immediately in the High Gothic style. The west portals constitute the most complete and impressive surviving ensemble of Early Gothic sculpture.
  • The figures on this piece represent the core of medieval learning and symbolize human knowledge.
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