The Passion in Stone: Decoding Strasbourg Cathedral's Revolutionary Tympanum

Standing as a monumental testament to early Gothic artistry, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg in France houses a remarkable and groundbreaking architectural feature: its tympanum. This isn't merely a collection of sculpted scenes, but a meticulously crafted narrative, a silent sermon in stone, designed to be "read" by the viewer from bottom to top, and from left to right. Unique for its time, this is the first Gothic tympanum known to picture the entire Passion of Christ, presenting an extraordinarily compressed yet detailed story that continues to captivate and educate.

Step inside the intricate world of Strasbourg Cathedral's tympanum – a truly revolutionary piece of Gothic art! This is the first known tympanum to tell the entire Passion of Christ, a narrative compressed with astonishing detail across its registers.

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