Art and Architecture: Charles Cathedral

Duration: 30 min

Year Published: 1962

Creator: ?Encyclopedia Britannica ebec

Color: color

Description: Presents a study and interpretation of the great Gothic cathedral at Chartres as a "towering synthesis of medieval life and art.".

Complete Record: Pictures the Chartres Cathedral and studies the expression of faith, intellect, and engineering embodied in it. Relates the history of the cathedral and reveals the physical relationship of the cathedral to the city surrounding it. Identifies a Variety of methods of symbolically expressing mystical faith. Depicts ways in which engineering has been used to further intensify the mystery of life. (Fine Arts -Ebec- Series, lesson 3)

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)