Screen Sculpture, Chartres Cathedral

Jan van der Crabben

by Jan van der Crabben
published on 16 October 2018

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Screen Sculpture, Chartres Cathedral — A detail of the sculpture which adorns the screen of the chancel of Chartres Cathedral, France. Executed from c. 1530 CE and slowly added to over the following two centuries, the screen has 40 niches containing large figure sculptures depicting the key events of the lives of Mary and Jesus from the Nativity to the Resurrection.

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Jan van der Crabben

Jan is the Founder & Chairman of World History Encyclopedia and is the organisation's Director of Design & Technology. He holds an MA War Studies from King's College, and he has worked in the field of history-related digital media since 2006.

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Crabben, J. v. d. (2018, October 16). Screen Sculpture, Chartres Cathedral. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9338/screen-sculpture-chartres-cathedral/

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