Interior, Laon Cathedral

a. What does this image show?

b. Why is that significant?


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a. This view provides us with the description of the Early Gothic interior. The insertion of the triforium (band of arcades) below the clerestory breaks-up and eliminates the continuous wall surface of the Romanesque wall.

b. It is showing the evolution of the Gothic style and the development of this style that allowed for greater height and windows.

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