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<html> <head> <title>gothic </title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF" link="#0099FF" vlink="#0080FF" alink="#FFCC00"> <div align="center"><font color="#999999" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>G o t h i c Ca t h e d r a l s o f F r a n c e </b></font> </div> <div align="center"><br> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Click on an image to view a larger version </font><br> </div> <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#E4E4E4" > <tr> <td align="center"> <a href="beauvais_chevet.html"><img src="thumbnails/beauvais_chevet.jpg" alt="The Chevet, enfolded by tall, slender buttresses, rises from the plains of Picardie like a crouching spider. (45kb)" height="95" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="bayeux_tracery.html"><img src="thumbnails/bayeux_tracery.jpg" alt="Exquisitely-carved blind arcading is typically Norman in execution. (36kb)" height="95" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="laon_statuary.html"><img src="thumbnails/laon_statuary.jpg" alt="The western facade introduced many features adopted in Notre-Dame de Paris. (44kb)" height="96" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="albi_roof.html"><img src="thumbnails/albi_roof.jpg" alt="The vast Roman-tiled roof, viewed from the summit of the clocher. (117kb)" height="96" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="bourges_interior.html"><img src="thumbnails/bourges_interior.jpg" alt="No fewer than five aisles create the definitive Gothic forest interior effect. (74kb)" height="95" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <a href="noyon_landscape.html"><img src="thumbnails/noyon_landscape.jpg" alt="The outline of Noyon remains a commanding presence among the gently undulating northern plains. (45kb)" height="96" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="albi_gable.html"><img src="thumbnails/albi_gable.jpg" alt="As the sun sinks, so the last warm rays of the day turn the pale grey stone to rich gold. (116kb)" height="96" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="lemans_pier.html"><img src="thumbnails/lemans_pier.jpg" alt="The chevet vaults of Le Mans, an assured showcase for the medieval masons' skills. (78kb)" height="96" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="soissons_interior.html"><img src="thumbnails/soissons_interior.jpg" alt="The serene interior, possibly the model for Chartres, gives little hint of the damage sustained during two world wars. (65kb)" height="95" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="bourges_gable.html"><img src="thumbnails/bourges_gable.jpg" alt="Pilgrim's-eye view of the assertive, richly-decorated central portal. (86kb)" height="97" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <a href="tours_gargoyle.html"><img src="thumbnails/tours_gargoyle.jpg" alt="At Tours the masons obviously had free rein to their creativity and sense of humour. (76kb)" height="94" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="albi_vault.html"><img src="thumbnails/albi_vault.jpg" alt="The Italianate decoration of the vaults is complemented by gilded supporting ribs. (120kb)" height="96" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="chartres_vitrail.html"><img src="thumbnails/chartres_vitrail.jpg" alt="The mystical colours of Chartres are the result of laminating the glass, as many as thirty layers being employed. (119kb)" height="93" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="sees_pier.html"><img src="thumbnails/sees_pier.jpg" alt="The compound effects, here bathed in light from the rich stained glass, are designed to disguise the mass of masonry. (45kb)" height="107" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="coutances_towers.html"><img src="thumbnails/coutances_towers.jpg" alt="The slender, crocketed spires add verticality to what began as a Romanesque cathedral. (76kb)" height="94" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <a href="strasbourg_gable.html"><img src="thumbnails/strasbourg_gable.jpg" alt="The monumental proportions of the western facade are disguised by a screen of stone tracery, executed with distinctly Germanic rigour. (87kb)" height="96" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="noyon_tribune.html"><img src="thumbnails/noyon_tribune.jpg" alt="Noyon is little-known, but arguably the most serene of all the Ile-de-France cathedrals. (69kb)" height="94" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="beauvais_buttresses.html"><img src="thumbnails/beauvais_buttresses.jpg" alt="Beauvais pushed the limits of what was technically feasible, and remains the ultimate expression of French Gothic ambition. (63kb)" height="96" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="lemans_vault.html"><img src="thumbnails/lemans_vault.jpg" alt="Tucked away in a tribune gallery, the masons personalised this vault crown. (88kb)" height="97" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="nevers_night.html"><img src="thumbnails/nevers_night.jpg" alt="Nightfall transforms and unifies the dual personalities of Nevers. (31kb)" height="98" width="144" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"><br> <br> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> All images © Roger Moss. All rights reserved.<br> Unauthorised use of any images on this site prohibited.</font> </div> </body> </html>
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