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Catalog Level:
component
Type:
architectural sculpture
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Classification
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Terms:
architecture
sculputure
European art
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Titles or Names
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Text:
Last Judgment, Chartres
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preferred
Text:
Tympanum, South Transept, Chartres
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Creation
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Creator Description:
unknown French
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Identity:
unknown French
Role:
sculptor
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Creation Date:
ca. 1220
Earliest:
1215 Latest:
1225
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Styles/Periods/ Groups/Movements
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Indexing Term: Gothic
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description:
unavailable
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Materials and Techniques
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Description:
limestone, carved in high and low relief
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Material Name: limestone
Technique Names:
high
relief
low
relief
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
religion/mythology
Last
Judgment (Christian iconography)
Jesus
Christ (Christian iconography)
Virgin
Mary (Christian iconography)
Saint
John the Evangelist (Christian iconography)
Saint
Michael (Christian iconography)
salvation
damnation
souls
Symbols
of the Passion (Christian iconography)
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Context
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Architectural Context-Part/Placement: South
Transept, Chartres Cathedral (Chartres, France)
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Descriptive Note
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Text: The central portal depicts the
Last Judgment. Christ the Judge is flanked by Mary,
the Queen of Heaven, and John the Evangelist. Christ
displays his Passion wounds; angels carry the instruments
of his Passion, the column, lance, crown of thorns,
scourge, nails, and cross. The lintel depicts Saint
Michael weighing and separating the Saved and the
Damned. The iconography complements the two to either
side: The left portal portrays the Martyrs, tympanum
portrays the martyrdom of Saint Stephen; right portal
portrays the Confessors, tympanum portrays good deeds
of Saint Martin and Saint Nicholas.
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Citation: Focillon, Art of the West
in the Middle Ages: Gothic Art (1980)
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Related Works
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Broader Context: Chartres Cathedral
(Chartres, France)
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Chartres Cathedral (Chartres, France)
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Revised 26 September 2006
