ID: 700002930 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002930	Record Type: Built Work

Catheédrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges (cathedral (building); stained glass by André Beauneveu (South Netherlandish scu...; groundbreaking 1195, completed...; Bourges Cathedral (Centre, France, Europe, World, Top of the...;)

Note: High-Gothic cathedral begun in the late 12th century and completed 50 years later. It features five sculptured doorways, two asymmetrical towers, and very high inner aisles. The stained glass panels and tomb effigy of Duke Jean de Berry in the crypt were designed by André Beauneveu.

Titles:

Catheédrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges (preferred,C,U,French,U,U)

Saint Étienne (C,U,French,,)

Bourges Cathedral (C,U,English,,)

Catheédrale de Bourges (C,U,French,,)

Cathedral of Bourges (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

cathedral (work by context) [300007501] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, churches (buildings), <church buildings by location or context>)

World Heritage Site [300263063]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: groundbreaking 1195, completed ca. 1230

Creator Display:

stained glass by André Beauneveu (South Netherlandish sculptor, painter, and illuminator, ca. 1335-ca. 1401) [preferred,VP]

stained glass artist Beauneveu, André (South Netherlandish sculptor, painter, and illuminator, ca. 1335-ca. 1401) Extent: design [500115626]

Locations:

Current: Site Context: Bourges Cathedral [7033013] Centre region (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: stone, marble, stained glass, flying buttresses, sexpartite vaults

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

	stained glass (visual works) [300263722]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by location or context>)

	flying buttresses [300000905]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <supporting and resisting elements>, buttresses)

sexpartite vaults [300001335]

.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <vaults and vault components>, vaults (structural elements), compound vaults, <compound vaults by form>, <compound vaults by form: number of compartments>)

Dimensions: 5,900 sq. m; nave: 15 m (width) x 37 m (height); arcade: 20 m (height); inner aisle: 21.3 m (width); outer aisle: 9.3 m (height)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	High Gothic [300020782] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European), Gothic (Medieval))

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	Saint Stephen [901001070]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Catheédrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 84093874; accessed
Saint Étienne	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) "Bougres," accessed 26 May 2016
Bourges Cathedral	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Catheédrale de Bourges	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Cathedral of Bourges	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001)