NOTRE DAME DE PARIS“Our Mother of Paris”

BEFORE THE CATHEDRAL

No other cathedral until after Saint Denis

Basilica to Saint Stephen Notre Dame Bishop Maurice de Sully

THE CATHEDRAL

Located in Paris Gothic architecture A large parvis Large, wide street 1163 first stone placed

THE PARVIS

1ST CONSTRUCTION MOVEMENT

1163-1182: the choir and double deambulatory

Maurice de Sully

Notre Dame Choir Room

Deambulatory

2ND CONSTRUCTION MOVEMENT

1182-1190: last three bays in the nave, side aisles and tribunes

NAVE INSIDE NOTRE DAME

3RD CONSTRUCTION MOVEMENT

1190-1225: façade courses and the first two bays in the nave, connection of the two bays to the upper façade and the Gallery of the Kings

THE GALLERY OF THE KINGS

4TH CONSTRUCTION MOVEMENT

1225-1250: upper gallery and two towers on the façade , revision of the upper windows fitting out the nave side chapels between the flying buttresses’ abutments

FLYING BUTTRESSES

THE SOUTH ROSE WINDOW

Jean de Chelles and Pierre de Montreuil Constructed in 1260 Diameter: 42 feet 4 inches Height: 62 feet 4 inches Restored c. 1725-1727 , then again in

1861

THE SOUTH ROSE WINDOW

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

Alternative weight placement Larger windows Pointed arches

LASTLY…GARGOYLES