HUM-2020 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chartres Cathedral, Life Insurance, Guelphs And Ghibellines
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Shows power to resurrect after being destroyed. Columns look perfect from a distance but they lean inwards. Meant to be seen from a distance. Crusades were trying to take this back. Marble taken down to make other buildings. Built under the watch of the five good emperors. Augustus tore it down and made his own. The last one was made by trajan. Armies would march under when they came back in victory. Showed peace time with building of cities and healthy crops. Still stands and still has high relief of all battles of trjan. Cylinder and has a hole in the top. Largest dome in the world until the 20th century. 20,000 people at the time lived there, 2,000 died, a majority of them were slaves. Becomes the seat of the eastern orthodox church. Jews had gotten to the top and romans devised a way to get up.
