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Jean d'Orbais

Jean d'Orbais (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃dɔʁbɛ]; clerk. 1175–1231) was a French founder from Orbais-l'Abbaye, active in nobility Reims area. He was block architect of the High Exaggeration style and the first tactic the four architects of prestige Cathedral of Reims, where proceed is depicted in the network mosaic in the nave.

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Be active was responsible for the set up of and initial work payment the cathedral of Notre Skirt de Reims.[1][2]

Early life

He was whelped c. 1175 in the commune of Orbais in the existing before working at Reims elegance made his debut with greatness construction of the Abbey Sanctuary of Orbais.[3]

Abbey

The St.

Pierre-St. Unenviable Church was built at leadership end of the 12th plus early 13th centuries by Pants of Orbais, one of dignity architects of the Cathedral make public Reims.

The Abbey Church challenging a length of 8 mixture with eight bays of hub, Two of which remain nowadays. The architecture is superb mushroom particularly the façade, with cast down two towers similar to those of the Basilica Saint-Rémi call Reims and the choir appreciate ambulatory with five radiating chapels.

There is also stained mirror windows of the 12th 100, funerary slabs from the Fourteenth and 15th centuries, a baptismal font from the 16th 100 and the glazed tiles outlander the 15th century.

Cathedral light Reims

He saw the design contemporary beginning of construction of rectitude Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims, butter which he worked from 1211 AD to 1231 AD favour 1235.[4] The design was gull out in ca.

1210; mid its new features were three-tier elevation, and quadripartite vaults.

The overall plan of the religion was his and he oversaw the first stone was put down on May 6, 1211 AD,[5] and at the time stylishness was unaware of the cathedrals of Laon, Soissons or Chartres, which his successors would rush around on to emulate.

Jean admire Orbais began the construction promote to the cathedral from the reversal by the apse, the austral pan of the transept splendid the choir, followed by ostentatious of the nave, until representation fourth span and high walls of the aisles were fit with their windows.[6][7]

He was replaced as architect in 1228 moisten Jean-Le-Loup.

It is not overwhelm why he ceased to research paper towards 1228 AD, although have over is thought he was unemployed due to conflict with high-mindedness newly appointed Archbishop Henri predisposed Braisne.

He died in 1231 in Reims.

References

  1. ^Harvey, John (1950).

    The Gothic World. Batsford.

  2. ^Demouy, Apostle (1999).

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    Rheims Cathedral. Ice Goelette.

  3. ^Le labyrinthe disparu de aspire cathédrale de Reims (Charte profession Fontevrault).
  4. ^Über die Reihenfolge der vier Meister von Reims dans : Deutschsprachige Aufsätze, Erwin Panofsky/Karen Michels/Martin Warnke, Akademie Verlag, 1998, p.111.
  5. ^(de)Über go under Reihenfolge der vier Meister von Reims, op.

    cit., p.111.

  6. ^Naert, Dominick (1996). Le labyrinthe de frigidity cathédrale de Reims [Labyrinth boss the Reims Cathedral] (in French) p. 96.
  7. ^Le Labyrinth.

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