Video Lecture Series: The Cathedral

An 8-week educational video series will be screened at the Yuba-Sutter Regional Arts Council’s Lee Burrows Theatre, 630 E Street, Marysville, on Wednesday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. Lead by Don Kindell of Yuba City, this lecture series will focus on the World’s Greatest Cathedrals, including Notre Dame in Paris, and others located in Chartres, Amiens, Canterbury and more. Gothic architecture & art, medieval history, and faith are some of the subjects that will be discussed and analyzed. Admission is… Show more free and all ages are welcome to attend.

Schedule:

Feb 6: What is a Cathedral?; Early Christian Architecture; Romanesque—A New Monumental Style

Feb 13:Vaulting—A Look at Roofs; Romanesque at Its Best; Saint-Denis and the Beginning of Gothic Style

Feb 20:The Urban Context of Cathedrals; Notre Dame in Paris; Early Gothic Style—Laon

Feb 27:Chartres Cathedral—the building, the sculpture, the windows

Mar 6: Amiens Cathedral; Reims Cathedral

Mar 13:Cathedrals—Who Builds? Who Pays? How Long?; New Developments in Gothic France; Late Gothic Churches in France

Mar 20:Early Gothic Architecture in England; Decorated and Perpendicular English Gothic; Gothic Churches in the Holy Roman Empire

Mar 27: Gothic Church in Italy; Gothic Styles in Iberia and the New World; Gothic Architecture in Today’s World

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