1. High Gothic period in France: 1194-1300

2. Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 1243-1248

3. Sainte-Chapelle, Interior of upper chapel, Paris, 1243-1248

4. Chartres Cathedral, as rebuilt after 1194

5. Chartres Cathedral, nave as rebuilt after 1194

6. Chartres Cathedral, vaulting and stained glass in the choir, after 1194

7. Virgin and Child and angels. Window in the choir of Chartres Cathedral. Central panel 1170, side panels 13th century

8. Chartres Cathedral, as rebuilt after 1194

9. Chartres Cathedral, rose window in the north transept, ca. 1220. Rose window is 43’ in diameter

10. Royal Portal Porch of the Confessors Chartres Cathedral, as rebuilt after 1194

11. Chartres Cathedral, west facade ca. 1145-1155 Early Gothic Reims Cathedral, west facade ca. 1225-1290 High Gothic

12. Early Gothic portal: Royal Portal on the west façade of Chartres Cathedral, France, ca. 1145-1155

13. Royal Portal on the west façade of Chartres Cathedral, France, ca. 1145-1155. Detail shows Old Testament kings and queen jamb statues

14. Increasing naturalism in Gothic sculpture: Left: Old Testament kings and queen jamb statues from the Early Gothic Royal Portal at Chartres, ca. 1145 Right: Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory, jamb statues from High Gothic Porch of the Confessors, Chartres, ca. 1220

15. West façade of Reims Cathedral, Reims, France, ca. 1225-1290

16. Annunciation and Visitation, jamb statues of central doorway, west façade, Reims Cathedral, ca. 1240

17. Left: Royal Portal at Chartres, ca. 1145 Middle: Porch of the Confessors, Chartres, ca. 1220 Right: Annunciation and Visitation, jamb statues of central doorway, west façade, Reims Cathedral, ca. 1240

18. God as architect of the world. Folio 1 verso (back of first page) of a “moralized Bible”. Paris, ca. 1230. Austrian National Library, Vienna West façade of Reims Cathedral, ca. 1225-1290