Carolyn WhitsonMar 5, 20219 minApocalypse Wow--The Sainte-Chapelle Rose WindowThe stained glass in Sainte Chapelle (building completed in 1248) represents the highest achievement of the form. When you enter the...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20212 minNotre Dame de Paris' TympanumThis image features the fate of the damned--stretching from their judgment by Saint Michael (upper-left), across to punishments for...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20213 minChartres Cathedral--another temple to Mary the QueenChartres isn't very far from Paris, by modern standards, and its veneration of Mary is an occasion for comparisons to Notre Dame de Paris....