notre dame, paris, france, 1988
"as the first cathedral to make use of a full gothic vocabulary—flying buttresses, rose and other windows of stained glass, pointed arches, and rib vaulting—notre dame anchored a style both distinctively french and truly novel. from the hub of the ile-de-france the gothic manner rapidly spread across much of europe to become the characteristic church architecture of the high middle ages."
from "the gothic revolution," july 1989, national geographic magazine
巴黎圣母院, 巴黎,法国,1988
巴黎圣母院是采用独特的法式风格,样式真实新颖. 它是第一个完全采用哥特式建筑的大教堂,拱璧文字浮雕, 尖型拱门,罗纹拱顶,玫瑰花形及其他的大圆窗使用著色玻璃.这种哥特式的风格从座落在法国赛纳河中心迅速传遍大半个欧洲,成为中世纪鼎盛时期教堂独特的建筑风格.
注: 巴黎圣母院是一座典型的哥特式教堂,之所以闻名于世,主要因为它是欧洲建筑史上一个划时代的标志。圣母院的正外立面风格独特,结构严谨,看上去十分雄伟庄严。它被壁柱纵向分隔为三大块;三条装饰带又将它横向划分为三部分,其中,最下面有三个内凹的门洞。门洞上方是所谓的“国王廊”,上有分别代表以色列和犹太国历代国王的二十八尊雕塑。