Name: David composing Pslams, Paris Psaltar
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Date: 960 AD
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Style: Mid-Byzantine
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Iphigenia Veroli
Doumo of Piazza dei Miracoli
The leaning Tower of Pisa
Name: Leaning tower of Pisa
Artist:
Date: 1173-1392
Location: Pisa, Italy
Size: 186 feet high
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Construction/Technique: Campanile
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Artist:
Date: 1173-1392
Location: Pisa, Italy
Size: 186 feet high
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Construction/Technique: Campanile
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The Church of Pisa
Name: Baptistry of John
Artist:Diotisalvi
Date: 1363
Location: Pisa, Italy
Size: circum. 117m
Style: Romanesque and Gothic
Material: marble
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Artist:Diotisalvi
Date: 1363
Location: Pisa, Italy
Size: circum. 117m
Style: Romanesque and Gothic
Material: marble
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Chartres Cathedral
Name: Our Lady of Chartres Cathedral
Artist:
Date: 1194-1220
Location: Chartres, France southwest of Paris
Size: tall spire: 375 feet, short spire: 350 total area: 117,000 square feet
Style: Gothic (one of the finest examples)
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History: houses sancta camisa relic
St. Denis
Name: Basilique Saint-Denis
Artist: Abbot Suger
Date: 1144
Location: Paris, France
Size:
Style: mainly Romanesque, but first Gothic used
Material: only original in ambulatory
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History: all but three French kings buried here
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