Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Chartres Cathedral' has mentioned 'Facade' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| In 1134, another fire in the town damaged the facade and the bell tower of the cathedral. | WIKI |
| The Royal Portal on the west facade, between the towers, the primary entrance to the cathedral, was probably finished between 1145 and 1245. | WIKI |
| Only the crypt, the towers, and the new facade survived. | WIKI |
| The two towers survived the devastating fire of 1194, which destroyed most of the cathedral except the west facade and crypt. | WIKI |
| Each of the three portals on the west facade (made 1145-55) focuses on a different aspect of Christ's role in the world; on the right, his earthly Incarnation, on the left, his Ascension or his existence before his Incarnation (the era "ante legem"), and, in the center, his Second Coming, initiating the End of Time. | WIKI |
| [21] The harmonious appearance of the faxc3xa7ade results in part from the relative proportions of the central and lateral portals, whose widths are in the ratio 10:7 xe2x80x93 one of the common medieval approximations of the square root of 2. | WIKI |
| As well as their basic functions of providing access to the interior, portals are the main locations for sculpted images on the Gothic cathedral and it is on the west faxc3xa7ade at Chartres that this practice began to develop into a visual summa or encyclopedia of theological knowledge. | WIKI |
| Although the upper parts of the three portals are treated separately, two sculptural elements run horizontally across the faxc3xa7ade, uniting its different parts. | WIKI |
| Less obvious than the jamb statues but far more intricately carved is the frieze that stretches all across the faxc3xa7ade in the sculpted capitals on top of the jamb columns. | WIKI |
| Angel with a sundial on south facade Gargoyle on the North Tower, serving as a rain spout Detail of the South Tower, with statuary of Chimeras Detail on the South Portal depicting angels looking down upon hell Monsters and devils tempting Christians on the south portal | WIKI |
| While most of the sculpture of the cathedral portrayed Saints, Apostles and other Biblical figures, such as the angel holding a sundial on the south facade, other sculpture at Chartres was designed to warn the faithful. | WIKI |
| The undamaged western towers and faxc3xa7ade were incorporated into the new works, as was the earlier crypt, effectively limiting the designers of the new building to the same general plan as its predecessor. | WIKI |
| The west faxc3xa7ade built around the middle of the 12th century, with its three portals whose splays are decorated with statue columns (Royal Portail), its two towers, its southern spire and its three large incomparable stained-glass windows, comprise an authentic and complete example that remains with us of this art created at Stxc2xa0Denis, and which marked the advent of an original mode of plastic expression, known as the Gothic style. | UNESCO |