8192 x 5464 px | 69,4 x 46,3 cm | 27,3 x 18,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
27 marzo 2023
Ubicazione:
Chartres, France
Altre informazioni:
The choir wall of Chartres Cathedral (French - clôture de chœur or tour du chœur) is a piece of stone architecture and sculpture in Chartres Cathedral, over 6 metres tall and around 100 metres long. It was commissioned right at the start of the 16th century by Jehan de Beauce to keep the laity out of the liturgical choir. It marked a transition between Gothic art and the French Renaissance in what became known as the Louis XII style. Since 1862 the whole wall and each of its constituent parts have been listed as monuments historiques. It is divided into four horizontal levels - base, clerestory, niches and pinnacles. Niches[edit] This consists of forty sculpted groups on the lives of the Virgin Mary and Jesus. Each group is numbered 1 to 40 below the niches. Some of the groups have a plaque mentioning the sculptor or a caption in Gothic script identifying the scene. Circumcision of Jesus and Adoration of the Magi by Jehan Soulas, 1529, and Christ Presented in the Temple and the Massacre of the Innocents by François Marchand, 1543
