# West façade [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, French]() - Date: 1101-1150 - Technique: Stone ## Commentary The three-story west façade of the former collegiate church of Notre-Dame-la-Grande in Poitiers \(Vienne\) is similar to Angoulème, being determined by vertical lines; these are formed by a central portal, a window above it and an immense mandorla in the gable storey, all accompanied by corner towers. The iconographical program is simple. The mandorla contains a standing Christ and the Evangelists' symbols, and it is accompanied by the twelve apostles in the upper storey. They are shown sitting in the eight arcades of the lower register, while the four apostles above are standing. The figural ornamentation of the lower storey is restricted to the area between the upper storey's arcade string course and the portal arches. ## Related artworks - [Ambulatory capital]() - [Ambulatory capital]() - [Annunciation]() - [Apocalypse]() - [Apostles James the Great and Paul]() - [Apostles James the Great and Paul]() - [Apostles John and Peter]() - [Apostles]() - [Ascension]() - [Bearded Man's Head]() - [Capital from Nazareth]() - [Capital of a column]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()