http://www.journeyidea.com/gothic-architectural-amiens-cathedral Travel across the world with Journey Idea Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.journeyidea.com/gothic-architectural-amiens-cathedral/comment-page-1#comment-13730 vareeja Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:07:37 +0000 http://www.journeyidea.com/?p=3000#comment-13730 Both sides of the cathedral are lined with sequences illustrating the lives of the two saints- John the Baptist and St Firmin, the first bishop of Amiens. The artists took care to create a parallelism in the telling of the stories: both saints, decapitated for offending the rich and powerful, suffer neglect and loss, until a later generation discovers their relics and houses them fittingly. Both sides of the cathedral are lined with sequences illustrating the lives of the two saints- John the Baptist and St Firmin, the first bishop of Amiens.
The artists took care to create a parallelism in the telling of the stories: both saints, decapitated for offending the rich and powerful, suffer neglect and loss, until a later generation discovers their relics and houses them fittingly.

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