Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Chartres Cathedral' has mentioned 'Medieval' in the following places:
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Medieval Roman Rite Catholic cathedral | 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 |
Furthermore, although they became powerful and wealthy organisations in the later medieval period, none of these trade guilds had actually been founded when the glass was being made in the early 13th century. | WIKI |
The medieval glass largely escaped harm during the Huguenot iconoclasm and the religious wars of the 16th century although the west rose sustained damage from artillery fire in 1591. | WIKI |
Although estimates vary (depending on how one counts compound or grouped windows) approximately 152 of the original 176 stained glass windows survive xe2x80x93 far more than any other medieval cathedral anywhere in the world. | WIKI |
Like most medieval buildings, the windows at Chartres suffered badly from the corrosive effects of atmospheric acids during the Industrial Revolution and thereafter. | WIKI |
Some of the masters have been identified by John James, and drafts of these studies have been published on the web site of the International Center of Medieval Art, New York. | WIKI |
Normally medieval churches were built from east to west so that the choir could be completed first and put into use (with a temporary wall sealing off the west end) while the crossing and nave were completed. | WIKI |
The project went further; the walls in the nave were painted white and shades of yellow and beige, to recreate an idea of the earlier medieval decoration. | WIKI |
These men were at the forefront of the intense intellectual rethinking that culminated in what is now known as the twelfth-century renaissance, pioneering the Scholastic philosophy that came to dominate medieval thinking throughout Europe. | WIKI |
As with any medieval bishopric, Chartres Cathedral was the most important building in the townxc2xa0xe2x80x93 the center of its economy, its most famous landmark and the focal point of many activities that in modern towns are provided for by specialised civic buildings. | WIKI |
It was the destination of a pilgrimage dedicated to the Virgin Mary, among the most popular in all medieval Western Christianity. | UNESCO |
Criterion (i): Built fairly rapidly and in nearly one stride, Chartres Cathedral, owing to the unity of its architecture and stained-glass, sculptured and painted decoration, constitutes the complete and perfected expression of one of the most characteristic aspects of medieval art. | UNESCO |