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Title of the work of art :Cathedral of Notre Dame de Chartres: architectureGothicartDate: 1260Location: FrancePlace of Manufacture: ChartresMaterial: LimestoneTechnique: Flying buttressFigure1: The Cathedral of Notre Dame de ChartresSource: (n.d).Figure 2: The Cathedral of Notre Dame de ChartresSource: (n.d).The Cathedral of Notre Dame de Chartresis composed by three parts: the main body and two?contrasting spires, 105 meter and 113 meter respectively.(See Figure 1)The church has three temples connected with three doors, which stands for Jesus’s activity and life in different periods.(See Figure 2)As the widest nave of church in France, the nave of Chartres Cathedral is 130.2 meters long, 16.4 meters wide and 36.5 meters high. The west front entrance is a set of pointed arch doors, with 19 cylindrical statues. As Chartres Cathedral website (2016) has introduced, the center of the church is a maze?with 320 yards (290 meters) of winding passages, which is the only one still intact in France and the three facades are decorated by hundreds of sculpted figures. Figure 3: The interior space Chartres CathedralSource: (n.d).Figure 4: The sculptures of Chartres CathedralSource: Chartres Cathedral. Net (n.d).Figure 5: Stained-glass windows of Chartres CathedralSource: Chartres Cathedral. Net (n.d).The Cathedral of Notre Dame de Chartres is also called as Chartres Cathedral, which is typical Gothic architecture. It is located in Chartres, France. According to the Chartres Cathedralwebsite (2016), the original Chartres Cathedraldates back to 12th century, but the fire in 1194 destroyed almost all of the previous church. The reconstruction began from 1194 and the new choir has been completed by 1221 while the whole building was completed in 1260. From the Sacred Destination (2016), it can be known that the west towers, the fa?ade and the crypt of Chartres Cathedral have survived in the 1194 fire. Based on this, the rebuilding process has lasted for several years and showed typic