The Origins of Gothic: Saint-Denis and Chartres Cathedral 18 June 2008 Abbot Suger and the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis • "The dull mind rises to truth through that which is material." -Abbot Suger • Eleanor of Aquitaine, Louis VI and Louis VII • West front dedicated 1140 • Choir dedicated 1144 *Beginning of Gothic Architecture* Treasury of Saint-Denis • Saint-Denis vaults and stained glass Plan of Saint-Denis under Abbot Suger Plan of Santiago de Compostela Exterior of east end of Saint-Denis, c. 1144 Plan of east end apse, Saint-Denis, c. 1144 Above: Interior of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, showing barrel-vaulted nave, c. 1100; Right: Ambulatory vaults of Saint-Denis, c. 1144
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