HISTORY OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

Basilique, Saint-Denis No.8

: Basilique Saint-Denis; France, saint-denis; 1136?-44 (Choir)

• Central portal of the west facade. (about 1140)

• The tympanum of the central portal is a motif of the Last Judgment.
  The statues-colonnes of both side of the portal were originally proposed by Abbot Suger but those were lost in 1771. The style of these statues-colonnes had been succeeded by Cathedral Chartres.

• The right door panel of bronze.

• The left door panel of bronze.

[No.1]West facade	: [No.2]Nave	: [No.3]Nave: Ceiling
[No.4]Nave: Stained glass	: [No.5]Choir	: [No.6]Ambulatory
[No.7]Ambulatory: Ceiling	: [No.8]Entrance

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