ID: 700000170 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000170	Record Type: Built Work
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Chartres Cathedral (cathedral (work by context); unknown French ; current church begun in 1194, ...; Chartres (Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe, World, Top of...)

Note: Noted for innovations in architectural construction and large number of sculptures and stained glass windows. The present cathedral was constructed on the foundations of earlier churches; the oldest parts of the existing cathedral are the crypt and Royal Portal (West Portal), remnants of a Romanesque church destroyed by fire in 1194. Located in: Chartres, France Located in: Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France.

Titles:

Chartres Cathedral (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,N,undetermined,,N)

Cathédrale de Chartres (C,U,English,,N)

Notre-Dame de Chartres (C,U,French,U,U,English,L,U)

Cathedrale de Chartres (C,U,English,,N)

Cathedral of Notre-Dame (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Cathedral of Notre Dame (C,U,undetermined,,N)

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>)

basilica (work by form) [300170443]

..... (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 form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>)

museum (building) [300005768]

..... (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>, exhibition buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

European art

Creation Date: current church begun in 1194, consecrated in 1260; parts of earlier Romanesque building remain

Creator Display:

unknown French [preferred,VP]

Creator: unavailable [,BWR]

architects unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Chartres [7008267] (Geographic)

Address Note: +48.456,+1.484; Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France

Display Materials: bearing masonry construction, limestone

	limestone [300011286]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock)

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

	bearing walls [300002557]
	.......(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, <walls and wall components>, walls, <walls by function>)

Dimensions: height: 34 m (112 feet); length: 130 m (427 feet)

Cultures:

European (preferred)

French

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Gothic (Medieval) [300020775] (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))

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	Mary, Blessed Virgin [901000032]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	pilgrimage church (building) [300007493]
	.....(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 function>) (AAT)

	cathedral (work by context) [300007501]
	.....(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>) (AAT)

	worship [300056005]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religious concepts) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Chartres Cathedral	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3770091
	........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1996)
Cathédrale de Chartres	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3732654
Notre-Dame de Chartres	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
Cathedrale de Chartres	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3790261
Cathedral of Notre-Dame	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 26 January 2011
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
Cathedral of Notre Dame	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-)

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3790261; BWR3732654

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR-13 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... Avery Index2: BWR Contribution (2010-) 691712

....................... BWR-01 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3790261; 3732654

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 13203; 14521

....................... NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, BWR (2010-.) 2320908

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987) 394 ff.
	..... BWR database (2010-)