To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library. University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries General.It was a major stop on the medieval pilgrimage route to Santiago in Spain. The Chapelle des Fonts, cloister and chapter house were completed in the early 13th century. The central focus of the architectural space of Laon Cathedral is the lantern tower over the square crossing bay, from which open the four arms of the building. Laon Cathedral was accomplished in five major building campaigns. This structure was replaced by the present church. The earliest mention of a cathedral at Laon is in a poem by Alcuin of York (735-804). Its five completed towers dominate the modern town. They were first added to the exteriors of the cathedral in 1240, around 80 years after its construction officially began, and served a quite modest purpose: As rain spouts.The cathedral of Notre-Dame is a classic example of Early Gothic architecture in France. The varied history behind these gargoyles makes the news about their disrepair all the more distressing.
Her previous publications include articles on film, fiction and sexual mythology. Kolbenschlag Madonna Kolbenschlag is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame where she teaches a course in American Film from 1915 to 1950. But unfortunately, these proved to be even more vulnerable to the fire and falling debris. The Female Grotesque: Gargoyles in the Cathedrals of Cinema. The New York Times reported that, as part of a recent $6.8 million renovation project, the broken gargoyles and fallen balustrades had been replaced by plastic pipes and wooden planks. By the late 1980s, several gargoyles and turrets had either fallen off or become too loose to remain in place. What is known, however, is that the stone masonry of the cathedral's exterior had already deteriorated in the 19th and 20th century due to increased air pollution in Paris, which in turn accelerated the erosion of decorations and discolored the stone.
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