Between the 1130s and the 1170s, narrative scenes in painted stained glass windows and over life size high-relief stone images […]
Category: Lectures
The Manuscripts from Chartres: On the Survival and Revival of the Burnt Library – Thursday 5th December 2024
On 26th May 1944, an accidental bombing destroyed the municipal library of Chartres, severely damaging or completely destroying most of […]
How to read a medieval stained-glass window: The Saint Lubin Window of Chartres Cathedral – Lecture by Mary Shepard
Dr. Mary B. Shepard provided a detailed exploration of the Saint Lubin Window in Chartres Cathedral. Dr. Shepard began by […]
Designing Chartres Cathedral: A geometrical Perspective
In this lecture held on May 14, 2024, Professors Robert Bork and Ellen Shortell explore the geometric principles that went […]
AFC Inaugural Lecture Video on Notre-Dame de Chartres
We are delighted to present the recorded inaugural lecture on Notre-Dame de Chartres, an emblem of cultural heritage that has […]
Mike Klug’s Series of Lectures
This series of five lectures by Mike Klug is a selective, personalized tour of Chartres Cathedral. Mike Klug was brought […]
Lecture 6: The Colors of Christmas
Click YouTube link for Lecture 6: The Colors of Christmas YouTube Link Help us restore and preserve the cathedral of […]
Lecture 5: WWII and the compelling power of friendship
With Dave and Paul Schulz and Dominique Lallement The fifth lecture brings the cathedral forward in time, from WWII […]
Lecture 4: Obscure Chartres by Mike Klug
Why is this on a Christian cathedral? In lecture 4 Mike probes the mysteries surrounding some of the architectural elements […]
Lecture 3: Liberal Arts by Mike Klug
In the third lecture, Mike presents a medieval Renaissance. Contrary to the implied image of ‘the Dark Ages’, the rediscovery […]
