EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE PARIS HISTORY GOTHIC ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN INDEX ARCHITECTURE WEST FACADE NOTRE DAME DE LA NOTE THE BALANCE VERTICAL TOWERS BANDS SCULPTURE STONEWORK PARIS SUMMARY ARCHITECTURE OF CATHEDRAL GOTHIC CATHEDRAL BUILDERS MEDIEVAL GOTHIC ART DEVELOPMENT OF BUILDING HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE THE EVOLUTION MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN CHRISTIAN ART CATHOLIC FLYING BUTTRESSES MASONRY SUPPORT THE WALLS MEDIEVAL ART NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL SEEN NOTICE TERMINOLOGY ARCHITECTURE GLOSSARY BE ONE GREATEST FRENCH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE THE EIFFEL TOWER FAMOUS ISLAND THE RIVER THE CATHEDRAL COMMISSIONED MAURICE DE SULLY BECOMING BISHOP OF PARIS IN 11 CENTURIES DEATH NATURALISM GOTHIC SCULPTURE SUBLIME STAINED GLASS IMPROVEMENTS PREVIOUS ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE DAMAGE CAUSED RADICAL PHASE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PROGRAM SPECIALIST EUGENE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST CULTURALLY GOTHIC DESIGN CHARTRES CATHEDRAL COLOGNE CATHEDRAL CONSTRUCTION POPE ALEXANDER III LAID THE CORNERSTONE BISHOP CHOIR HIGH ALTAR NAVE ITSELF IN 12 WORK THE WESTERN THE WEST ROSE WINDOW NORTH TRANSEPTS REMODELED THE LATEST STYLE RAYONNANT GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTS JEAN DE CHELLES PIERRE DE MONTREUIL CLERESTORY WINDOWS THE LAST ELEMENTS FLAMBOYANT GOTHIC METRES WIDE CRUCIFORM PLAN ELEVATED TRANSEPT TOWER ARCHES VAULTING GOTHIC CATHEDRALS ARCHED EXTERIOR INITIAL STRESS FRACTURES APPEAR THIN UPPER WALLS CRACKED THE WEIGHT ADDITION DOZEN PIERS LATERAL THRUST EXTERNAL STATUES GARGOYLES ARRANGED THE OUTSIDE SERVE EXTRA COLUMN DRAINAGE DESIGNERS REINFORCEMENT STONE THUS GREATER WALL AREA AVAILABLE STAINED ORDER INSPIRE ILLUMINATE CONTRIBUTIONS CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE HIGHER STAINED GLASS WINDOWS LIGHT BIBLICAL THE CONGREGATION ORIGINAL THE 13TH FILLING THE INTERIOR THANKS TO STRUCTURAL STERN DECORATED STONE SCULPTURE THE CENTRAL DEPICTING THE LAST JUDGMENT DESIGN THE TWIN TOWERS METRES IN HEIGHT BANDING SIMPLE POWERFUL WESTERN THE SQUARE PORTALS ARCHITECTURAL RELIEF SCULPTURE THE SOUTH DOOR FEATURES LIVES SAINT STEPHEN LOCAL DECORATIONS THE NORTH INFANCY CHRIST TALE ELEMENTARY DRAWINGS MASTER STONE MASONS CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREAT CATHEDRALS INTUITIVE MATHEMATICAL RATIOS CLOSELY GUARDED GENERATIONS SITE CONDITIONS THE INSATIABLE DEMAND BY CHURCH AUTHORITIES LIGHTER BUILDINGS IMPETUS LATE ANTIQUITY ARTISTS GERMAN GOTHIC BUILDING DESIGN HOMEPAGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ART ALL RIGHTS RESERVED