What is special about the Amiens cathedrals?
What is special about the Amiens cathedrals?
Amiens Cathedral, in the heart of Picardy, is one of the largest ‘classic’ Gothic churches of the 13th century. It is notable for the coherence of its plan, the beauty of its three-tier interior elevation and the particularly fine display of sculptures on the principal facade and in the south transept.
What is happening to the structure of Amiens Cathedral?
The Building of Amiens Cathedral A fire totally destroyed the Romanesque cathedral of Amiens in 1218. Construction of a Gothic replacement started in 1220 with the western façade and the nave, rather than the choir as was more common in the Middle Ages.
Did Amiens cathedral collapse?
Amiens Cathedral almost collapsed in the 16th century, like the unfortunate Beauvais Cathedral in 1284. In 1498, the master-builder Pierre Tarisel noticed that the building was about to collapse. Therefore he immediately began work on strengthening the flying buttresses of the nave and transept.
Why was Amiens Cathedral such an important building?
Why was Amiens Cathedral such an important building? It housed the relics of Saint John the Baptist. How does Salisbury Cathedral differ from most of the French Gothic Cathedrals? The use of horizontal emphasis and the lancet windows instead of the rose windows.
What was the Amiens Cathedral made of?
Although it has lost much of its original stained glass, Amiens Cathedral is renowned for the quality and quantity of early 13th-century Gothic sculpture in the main west façade and the south transept portal, and a large quantity of polychrome sculpture from later periods inside the building.
Why is Amiens Cathedral such an important building?
Why was Amiens Cathedral such an important building? It housed the relics of Saint John the Baptist. What was the focus of art and architecture during the Gothic period?
Who built the Amiens?
Robert of Luzarches
Thomas de CormontRenaud de CormontPierre Tarisel
Cathédrale Notre-Dame d’Amiens/Architects
When was Amiens Cathedral built?
1270
Cathédrale Notre-Dame d’Amiens/Opened
