High Gothic Architecture
St. Etienne, Bourges ( )
Elevation of Bourges 122’ tall
Elevation of St. Etienne, Bourges ( ) 1.Nave arcade 2.Triforium 3.Clerestory
Robert Mark, Experiments in Gothic Structure (1982) Dead and live loading Epoxy plastic cross section models
Chartres Bourges
Notre Dame, Reims ( )
Masons’ Labyrinth at Reims (destroyed in 1779)
Notre Dame, Amiens ( ) Robert de Luzarches Thomas and Regnault de Cormont
Chartres Plan Amiens Plan
Choir at Amiens
Labyrinth at Amiens
Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, (Thomas de Cormont, architect) built for Louis IX
Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, {lower chapel]
Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, [upper chapel] Relics provided by Baldwin of Flanders
Apostles
Beauvais, begun 1247
South Transept, Beauvais
Apse flying buttresses, Beauvais, begun 1247