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1、《Unit7Wherewouldyouliketovisit-NotreDamedeParis》文章素材InthinkingofGothicarchitecture,ourthoughtsalwaysascend.ForthatwhichembodiesGothicstylemostislofty;Rosewindowsofstainedglass,ornatelycraftedspires,andtheguardiansofgrandcathedrals,theGargoyles.Eachisd
2、istinctlyGothic,andalldistinctlyNotreDamedeParis.ManydiversifiedcharacteristicswillhelpidentifyastructureasGothic:ogeearchways,ribbedvaults,andthewondrousflyingbuttressesareafew.Yet,itisalwaysthecraftplacedhighabove,whichcapturesoureyesandimaginations
3、mosteffectively.Sinceallworksofreligiousartrisebeyondmereartisticexpression,bearingpotentsymbolicreference,wemustacceptthatourattentionwasintendedtobefocusedupwards.Withinthespanofthepassingcenturies,thecathedralsoftheMiddleAgesthemselvesriseupaboveot
4、herculturalachievements.AtthecenterofthesetoweringlegaciesresidesNotreDamedeParis,'OurLady.'ItdoesnotbelittleothercathedralstorefertoNotreDamedeParisasthe'WorldAmbassadorofGothicCathedrals.'History'swindingwayshavealreadydecreedasmuch.Formany,theirfir
5、stconceptofGothicderivesfromsomereferencetothisgrandstructure.ItmattersnotwhetherwehavephysicallyvisitedNotreDame,itspersonadominatestheGothiclandscape.VictorHugo'sfamousnovelfeaturingthemovingcharacterizationofthehunchback,Quasimodo,hasservedthenotor
6、ietyofthecathedralwell.Yet,factualhistoryhasclaimedthisagedladyasaprominentfigurenearthecenterstageofitsownstory.NotreDamedeParis,morethansevenhundredyearsold,isonlythemostrecentofholyhousestooccupythisancientsacredground.TheCeltsheldtheirservicesonth
7、isislandintheseine,andatoptheirsacredgrovestheRomansbuilttheirowntempletoJupiter.IntheearlyyearsofChristianity,abasilicadedicatedtoSt.Etiennewasconstructedaround528byChildebert.AchurchintheRomanesquemannerreplacedthebasilica,andthisstooduntil1163whenw
8、orkbeganonthestructurewhichstandstoday.Constructedinthreestages,thecathedralwascompletedin1250.ThisperiodwitnessedPariscomingintoitsownforceasacenterofpoliticalpowerandcommerce.Noexpensewassparedincreatingachurchthatwouldreflectthecapital'snew
