The Cathedral
Season 1
Ep 10. Chartres: The Building
- TV-PG
- October 29, 2010
- 29 min
Notre Dame de Chartres is perhaps the most influential Gothic cathedral--so influential that Professor Cook devotes three lectures to exploring it. In the first, focus on the building itself, including its systematic use of flying buttresses, groundbreaking three-layered elevation, and rich interplay between verticals and horizontals.