Chartres Sculpture

Chartres 12th-13th century sculpture is relatively well-preserved, considering the ravages of time, religious wars, revolutions, and other matters. The choir screen is 15th-16th century, the lives of Mary and Jesus, but also of interest.

South portal, a bit of construction still going on

Judgment, again

Anatomically incorrect sinner/devil

North porch

Light in the north transept

Jamb statues

Vicki maintains this gargoyle/downspout was a gift of the dental labs of Chartres

At Chartres, the buttresses become more than architectural: they become objects
of art...

At the west end, yes, it's a Mary church

Architecture: in the seven liberal arts archivolt

Grammar: a caution to anyone who would teach language...

Zodiac in the archivolt

More jamb statues

Alive and in conversation with one another...this is new in
western art

Unusual Nativity

Writer

Janus/January

A secular character

And some things you don't know what to
make of...

Finally, in the 16th century screen, one of the disciples has lost a contact

But, miraculously, Jesus finds it and puts it back in...