03 — ARTWORK
Exterior view
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- TYPE
- Religious
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COMMENTARY
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The former monasterythe complex of buildings used by a community of monks. Among the main elements of the complex are the church, cloister, chapter house (used by the governing body), refectory (dining room) and dormitory (sleeping quarters). church of Notre-Dame at Paray-le-Mondial is a miniatureTerm originally applied to the art of manuscript illumination but later used of paintings, usually portraits, executed on a very small scale. The earliest miniaturists (16th century) continued to use the materials of the illuminators, painting in gouache on vellum or card. version of the abbey church at Cluny (Cluny III). The monastery was founded in 973 and a small church was consecrated here by Abbot Odilo in 1004, possibly the same type as Cluny II. In 1090 Abbot Hugo began the existing building, a navethe main interior space of a church building. It may have parallel aisles on each side, often separated from it by pillars, and is intersected by the transept, which cuts across it at the point where the choir begins. and two aisles with three bays, a projecting transeptsection of a church at right-angles to the nave and in front of the choir. with apses, a square crossingthe area of a church where the nave is intersected by the transept. with a domein architecture, hemispherical structure evolved from the arch, usually forming a ceiling or roof., forebay and ambulatorySemicircular or polygonal circulation space enclosing an apse or a straight-ended sanctuary. with radiating chapelschapels leading off from the ambulatory, and arranged in a semi-circular fashion..
The photo shows a view of the exterior from north-east.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Exterior view by ARCHITECT, French},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/architect-french-rdae55df3ad7702/exterior-view-re1eba6721c8bd8},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
