to describe any beastly carving on a building‚ technically gargoyles are only the figures which were used as water spouts. Chimera is the term for ornamental carvings‚ thus some of the famous “gargoyles” of Notre Dame are in fact chimera‚ such as the most famous spitting “gargoyle” of Notre Dame. Originally the term gargoyle applied only to those statues and figures which redirected water away from masonry buildings. Gargoyles were created with the purpose of redirecting water while chimeras were ornamental
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Yuan Xue ESWL 1300 Writing Fall 2014 Prof. Kwok Every time refer to beauty‚ Notre Dame De Paris comes into my mind. Esmeralda and Quasimodo are good examples of physical beauty and inner beauty. Both of them are lucky because they have at least one of the characteristics. In my opinion‚ either physical beauty or inner beauty is significant. Like the majority of people‚ I am usually attracted by fashion beauty when walking on street. As we can see‚ physical beauty can be easily recognized
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Of course not. In order to find beauty‚ we must separate the exceptional cases from the common ones. True b eauty is such because it stands out from the masses of the average and pedestrian. Like da Vinci ’s Mona Lisa‚ the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is an exceptional‚ and exceptionally b eautiful‚ object.
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movie entitled ’The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ released by Disney in the year 1996. Disney had been focusing on more fairytale-like stories such as Snow White‚ The Little Mermaid and Cinderella so in comparison this movie is quite unconventional as it highlights the theme of discrimination towards people with deformities. This movie is set in Paris during the middle ages. The main character is a deformed man named Quasimodo who is forced to live in the Notre Dame Cathedral due to his ugly appearance
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in the exceptional‚ not commonplace. People find true beauty in things that they rarely experience‚ not the things they experience everyday (thesis). Cathedral of Notre Dame in Vietnam is surely one of the most exceptionally beautiful object. Churches and cathedral line the streets of the most major city in the South of Vietnam. Notre Dame is a stunning example of gothic architecture‚ famous for the flying buttresses that decorate the sides of the building. The cathedral also has lots
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include: Churches * Notre Dame Cathedral‚ Paris‚ France * Basilica of Saint-Denis‚ near Paris France * Saint-Sernin‚ Toulouse‚ France * Notre-Dame de Lausanne‚ Switzerland * Sainte-Chapelle‚ Paris‚ France (under Felix Duban) * Saint-Louis‚ Poissy‚ France Castles * Chateau de Roquetaillade‚ Bordeaux‚ France * Chateau de Pierrefonds * Fortified city of Carcassonne * Chateau de Coucy * Antoing in Belgium * Chateau de Vincennes‚ Paris‚ France Viollet-le-Duc
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Francois Heckel and Jean-Lois Blondeau‚ Philippe’s close friends‚ were ready to do everything for him. They realized that it was impossible to get legal permission for Petit to perform his high-wire walking in large public places like the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris‚ France‚ the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Sydney‚ Australia‚ and the World Trade Center Towers in New York City‚ so they broke the law. It was Philippe’s dream and that was all that really mattered. They wanted to help him to make his dream
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The pyramids do not stand alone in being an old work of art that shows many different aspects from the time period in which it was built. The Gothic cathedrals also stand tall today in places in Europe like Paris and Italy. These cathedrals were built during the medieval times. The Notre Dame cathedral is just one example of these cathedrals that had high pointed arches‚ flying buttresses‚ spires‚ and high vaulted ceilings. These cathedrals are a great example of how life was during the Middle Ages
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period is noted for its hieght and windows(stained glass windows) Uses the ribbed vault(pointed arch) to use the weight equally Flying buttress which allows they to go higher up and open up the windows. Weight of the stones is out and down Notre dame cathedral‚ Flying buttress(outside of the structure) allows it to go higher and uses the flying buttress to hold weight. Chartres catheral is larger and the art form that is considered a gothic hallmark. Use of stain glass with descriptive
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Saint Sernin of Toulouse and Notre Dame of Paris When one thinks of St. Sernin and Notre Dame‚ one tends to think of two beautiful cathedrals‚ not to churches that portray two totally different styles of architecture. Those two styles are‚ of course‚ Romanesque in St. Sernin and the Gothic style of Notre Dame. Some characteristics that these two buildings share include quest for height‚ basic floor plan‚ and artistic flair. The period of Romanesque architecture‚ which lasted roughly from 1050
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