This led in reims cathedral to restorations replacements and new creations.
Reims cathedral rose window.
Reims cathedral view from northeast the cathedral s exterior glorifies royalty.
Western rose window with the gallery of kings below.
The martyred cathedral during wwi.
The south rose was blown out in a storm in 1580 and received new glass the next year by nicolas dérodé.
But the cathedral also reflects the twentieth century.
These windows are in the apse of the cathedral behind the main altar.
Reims cathedral rose window west this south rose window is a modern replacement of the original ones.
The left hand window focuses on the old testament and the tree of jesse.
In 1211 reims cathedral became known for being the first gothic cathedral to use bar tracery with rose windows.
Artist marc chagall created three beautiful stained glass panels in the mid 1970s.
Besides showing up later in rhenish art around 1200 the circular window was almost never used in romanesque architecture and never considered to be important for lighting.
Reims france the south transcept rose window shows jesus surrounded by angels who are in turn surrounded by the 12 apostles.
The first one of 13 th century got blown off during a storm in 1580 the second replacement got destroyed completely during wwii.
The one that you get to see is the installation in 1937.
Dérodé s rose was destroyed in wwi and was replaced by jaques simon in 1936.