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Saint Trophîme Cathedral: Detail, left jamb figures of the west portal

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
Below the procession of the saved, separated by pilasters and columns of dark stone, are statues of saints connected with the history of Arles; from left, St. Bartholomew, St. James the Great, St. Trophimus, St. John the Evangelist, and St. Peter. The bases of the columns are decorated with statues of lions.

The outer walls of the present cathedral of St Trophîme are normally assigned to the Carolingian period. The church was reconstructed with a nave and aisles in the Romanesque style during the first quarter of the 12th century, and a new Gothic choir was built in the mid-15th. The Romanesque sculpture can be divided into four distinct groups: the nave capitals, the façade and the north and east cloister galleries. The nave capitals, which derive from late antique Corinthian forms, have been dated on stylistic grounds to ca. 1120.

History

Alt Title

St. Trophime

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Arles +43.676667+4.628056 Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France: Bouches-du-Rhône Department: Place de la République

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Romanesque', 'Carolingian (style and period)']

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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