Monday, April 29, 2019

The Great Cathedrals: Amiens

Many of the world's great cathedrals can be explored inside and out using Google Street View.



The first we will look at is Amiens Cathedral  (built between c.1220 and c.1270) in Amiens, France.  We explore this cathedral first because the Art Department of Columbia University uses Amiens to provide an online exploration of all aspects of the medieval gothic cathedral.

 Myles Zhang of Columbia University describes this cathedral as " the apotheosis of Gothic architecture built during the 13th century".  He provides an animated fly over of the cathedral:

 

Myles did the amazing digital modelling for the following interactive exploration:


Myles Zhang`s video of the Amiens Cathedral construction sequence is particularly fascinating:




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