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Abbot Suger (circa 1081 - 1151)

Best Works:
7.6/10: Basilica of Saint-Denis (1135 - 1280; modifications thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

Basilica of Saint-Denis - Abbot Suger (Principal Architect, Main Construction including the Gothic innovations: 1135 - 1144; key Nave and Transept additions thereafter, mainly 1230 - 1280 with modifications thereafter) / Saint-Denis, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]










AERIAL FOOTAGE - EXTERIOR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8reSgcN-zk
AERIAL DRONE FOOTAGE - EXTERIOR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxmDBW_FiUI
AERIAL DRONE FOOTAGE - EXTERIOR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMdFlGEy9M
AERIAL DRONE FOOTAGE - EXTERIOR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aarum6IFJUk
VIRTUAL TOUR - INTERIOR: https://picturearch.com/saintdenis.html
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Heinrich Parler (circa 1315 - circa 1370)

Best Works:
7.6/10: Ulm Minster (first major construction phase: 1377 - 1543; further construction, modifications thereafter until 1890) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

Ulm Minster - Heinrich Parler (Main Design and Principal Architect, mainly 1387 - 1391; continued construction and modification thereafter over centuries; first major construction phase: 1377 - 1543; further construction, modifications thereafter until 1890) / Ulm, Germany [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]


















PHOTO GALLERY - EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR: https://kristianadolfsson.com/building/...g-germany/
PHOTO GALLERY: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ulm...r-muenster
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT (WEST) FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/ulm-mue...tz-germany
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT (WEST) FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/ulmer-muenster-1
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT (WEST) FACADE - EVENING: https://www.360cities.net/image/munsterplatz-by-night
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - INSIDE WEST FACADE TOWER: https://www.360cities.net/image/ulmer-muenster-tower
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - WEST ENTRANCE: https://www.360cities.net/image/ulm-munster
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - NAVE: https://www.360cities.net/image/ulm-minster-1
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - NAVE: https://www.360cities.net/image/ulm-minster
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - NAVE - ALTERNATE LIGHTING: https://www.360cities.net/image/ulmer-m...ht-germany
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - CHOIR: https://www.360cities.net/image/ulm-munster-1
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - CHOIR - ALTERNATE LIGHTING: https://www.360cities.net/image/ulmer-mnster-ulm
VIRTUAL TOUR - SERIES OF 360 DEGREE PANORAMIC VIDEOS: https://www.flickr.com/photos/redscorp/...otostream/
VIDEO - EXTERIOR FOOTAGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAKuTSasq9g
VIDEO - TOUR - INTERIOR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjrR1GqZ6Wc
VIDEO - TOUR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWUTSttkpnc[/b]
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Jean d'Orbais (circa 1175 – 1231)

Best Works:
7.5/10: Reims Cathedral (Principal Architect: 1210 - 1228; additional architects, construction, modifications thereafter with the main phase of construction from 1211 - 1275; further modifications through 1345, High Gothic, Rayonnant Style) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

Reims Cathedral - Jean d'Orbais (Principal Architect: 1210 - 1228; additional architects, construction, modifications thereafter with the main phase of construction from 1211 - 1275; further modifications through 1345, High Gothic, Rayonnant Style) / Reims, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]















PHOTO GALLERY - SEVERAL VIEWS AND DETAILS - EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR - HQ: https://www.flickr.com/photos/profzucke...otostream/
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/reims-cathedral-france
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - WEST NAVE: https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/p...West-Nave/
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - NAVE - HIGH ANGLE OVERVIEW: https://www.360cities.net/image/interio...-france/vr
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - NAVE: https://www.360cities.net/image/notre-d...e-de-reims
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - NAVE: https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/p...dral/Nave/
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - CROSSING/TRANSEPTS: https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/p.../Crossing/
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR: https://www.360cities.net/image/reims-c...interior-1
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - CHOIR: https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/p...ral/Choir/
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - AMBULATORY: https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/p...mbulatory/
VIDEO - EXTERIOR DRONE FOOTAGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R56YrfT-3hk
VIDEO - DESCRIPTIONS - ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, STAINED GLASS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbSUHvw41TQ
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Abbot Serlo (circa 1036 - 1104) and Abbot Froucester (circa mid-1300s - mid-1400s???)

Best Works:
7.4/10: Gloucester Cathedral (Norman (Romanesque) foundations: 1089 - 1120; Gothic transformations: 1242 - 1457; Construction of Cathedral completed 1482; various modifications thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

Gloucester Cathedral - Abbot Serlo (Original Architect; Norman (Romanesque) foundations: 1089 - 1120); possibly William de Ramsey or Thomas of Canterbury on various Gothic transformations; Abbot Frouster on the Great Cloister and Fan Vaulting (Gothic transformations: 1242 - 1457; this Gothic period is what shaped the Cathedral the most as we see it today: Early English Gothic Phase: 1242 - 1311, and Perpendicular Gothic Phase: 1351 - 1457; Cloisters: 1351 - 1412; Construction of Cathedral completed 1482; various modifications thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]











EXTERIOR - FRONT - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/..._front.jpg
EXTERIOR - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...r_2019.JPG
EXTERIOR - GREAT CLOISTER: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...951%29.jpg
HIGH ALTAR - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...Diliff.jpg
QUIRE - VAULTED CEILING - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...9_0288.jpg
NAVE - FROM THE EAST - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...9_0320.jpg
NAVE - VAULTED CEILING - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...445%29.jpg
CHOIR - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...Diliff.jpg
THE GREAT CLOISTER - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...hedral.jpg
THE GREAT CLOISTER - ANOTHER VIEW - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...dral_2.jpg
THE GREAT CLOISTER - ANOTHER VIEW - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...Diliff.jpg
THE GREAT CLOISTER - FAN VAULTING - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...494%29.jpg
PHOTO GALLERY - SEVERAL VIEWS AND DETAILS - HQ: https://www.flickr.com/photos/profzucke...otostream/
VIDEO - EXTERIOR - DRONE FOOTAGE - HQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aleu-wAvqgc
VIRTUAL TOUR - MOSTLY INTERIOR: https://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/visit/virtual-tour
VIRTUAL TOUR - INCLUDES COURTYARD AND SOME OTHER EXTERIOR VIEWS (though not as much freedom of movement as that above): https://www.matt-thomas-photography.co....51Z1q-gHZf
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Both pages under construction, to be separated, rated, more links added, etc...

Master Gerhard of Ryle (circa 1210 - 1271)

Best Works:
7.9/10: Cologne Cathedral (1248 - 1560, construction led by various architects after 1271; construction halted in 1560; resumed and completed 1842 - 1880) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

Cologne Cathedral - Master Gerhard of Ryle (1248 - 1560, construction led by various architects after 1271; construction halted in 1560; resumed and completed 1842 - 1880) / Cologne, Germany [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]





















EXTERIOR - REAR VIEW - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/..._Osten.jpg
PHOTO GALLERY - INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR - INCLUDING HISTORY AND INFORMATIONAL ON SEVERAL DETAILS: https://buffaloah.com/a/virtual/ger/col...ed/tc.html
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/outside...kolner-dom
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/koeln-dom-nacht
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/cologne-cathedral-5
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/koeln-dom-haupteingang
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/hbf
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/koln-dom
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/koln-e
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT FACADE: https://360stories.com/cologne/point/cologne-cathedral
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - FRONT FACADE - PORTAL UP CLOSE: https://www.360cities.net/image/dom-koeln-04
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - SIDE FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/dom-platz-k-ln
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - SIDE FACADE: https://www.360cities.net/image/koelner...-cathedral
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - SIDE FACADE: https://360stories.com/cologne/point/co...athedral-2
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - SOUTHERN BELL TOWER: https://www.360cities.net/image/souther...-cathedral
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - EXTERIOR - TOWER PEAK: https://www.360cities.net/image/cologne...e_vignette
GOOGLE STREET VIEW - EXTERIOR - FACADE - VIRTUAL TOUR 360 DEGREE PANORAMA: https://artsandculture.google.com/stree...9999999997
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR: https://www.360cities.net/image/cologne-cathedrale
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR: https://www.360cities.net/image/cologne...e_vignette
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - ALTAR: https://www.360cities.net/image/cologne...e_vignette
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - TRANSEPT: https://www.360cities.net/image/img-9907-panorama
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - CHAPEL: https://www.360cities.net/image/cologne-cathedral-1
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - CHAPEL: https://360stories.com/cologne/point/co...athedral-3
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - CHOIR: https://360stories.com/cologne/point/co...athedral-1
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - AMBULATORY: https://360stories.com/cologne/point/co...athedral-4
360 DEGREE PANORAMAS - PHOTOS AND INFORMATIONAL - EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR: https://360stories.com/cologne/point/cologne-cathedral
360 DEGREE PANORAMAS - EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR - HQ PHOTOGRAPHY: https://www.manywhere.net/cologne-cathedral/
VIDEO - EXTENDED WALKING TOUR - HQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGFwu8RNlG0

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VIDEO - WALKING TOUR - HQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK8mdxfqS48
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Afonso Domingues (circa 1350 - 1402); Huguet (circa 1375? - 1438)

Best Works:
8.0/10: Batalha Monastery - Afonso Domingues (1388 - 1402); Huguet (1402 - 1438; continued construction, revisions, additions through completion circa 1517) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

Batalha Monastery - Afonso Domingues (1388 - 1402); Huguet (1402 - 1438 in which several Flamboyant Gothic elements were added; changed architects posthumously, continued construction, revisions, additions through completion circa 1517) / Batalha, Portugal [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] (NOTE: does not include second cloister added separately but attached to the far end of the Monastery, added later for separate housing, storage, library and archive spaces, and which -- similar to the clergy domestic spaces and housing of, for example, on the premises and adjacent with the Vatican Gardens and St. Peter's -- is not truly part of its ensemble or artistic vision, or its original or main architectural plan or intended with its compositional purpose or expressively religious, spatial progression)












https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...174%29.jpg











PHOTO GALLERY - INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR - HQ: https://global-geography.org/af/Geograp...onastery_1
VIRTUAL TOUR (Scroll down on the page): https://artsandculture.google.com/partn...-monastery
VIDEO - DRONE FOOTAGE - AERIAL/EXTERIOR - HQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtdaqVBgld4
VIDEO - WALKING TOUR - HQ (Batalha Monastery specifically begins around the 8 minute mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm2jWPTTRH0
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Strasbourg Cathedral

7.6 or 7.7 or possibly 7.8/10 (leaning towards 7.7 upon latest evaluation...)














PHOTO GALLERY - EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR (and original sculptures) - HQ: https://www.flickr.com/photos/profzucke...otostream/
PHOTO GALLERY - EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR - VERY HQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/3D_virtual_mus.../#lightbox
360 DEGREE PANORAMA - INTERIOR - NAVE: https://www.klapty.com/p/franck-charles...rg-1-27361
VIRTUAL TOUR - INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR (numerous viewing options, including all along the facades, towers, roof, etc ... plus probably the highest picture quality I've ever seen for a Cathedral): https://www.alsace-360.fr/2015/Fondatio...trasbourg/
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Bernard the Elder (circa 1000s - 1100s; Romanesque) and Fernando de Casas Novoa (1683 - circa 1760s; Baroque)

Best Works:
7.5/10: Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (1075 - 1211, original construction; various Gothic, then major Baroque modifications, updates mainly from 1400s - circa 1770) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (original construction, primarily Romanesque: 1075 - 1211, Pricipal Architect: Bernard the Elder (late 1000s - mid 1100s?); Master Esteban (completed Romanesque Facade: 1103); Pórtico da Gloria, an early work of Romanesque sculpture, Master Mateo (completed 1188); Gothic construction, modifications (especially in the Cloister and some Interior features), more prominently major Baroque construction and modifications, these mainly from 1400s - circa 1770; East Facade (aka, da Quintana) designed and begun by José de Vega y Verdugo and by José de la Peña de Toro in 1666, completed by Domingo de Andrade in 1700; Gines Martinez (Maximilian Staircase, 1600s, entrance, Renaissance style, Front Baroque Facade); Bell Towers, originally designed 1200s; as currently constructed, updated, by José de la Peña de Toro, completed by Domingo de Andrade (1614–1676, additions in the Baroque style); Baroque Facade (completed 1740) by Fernando de Casas Novoa; also North Tower (aka, da Carraca), Fernando de Casas Novoa (designed, built 1738 - 1760); North Façade (aka, da Acibecharía), Baroque construction designed by Lucas Ferro Caaveiro, finished in Neo-Classical style by Lois Monteagudo and Clemente Fernández Sarela (circa 1758 - 1769); various less substantial, additions, modifications thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]















VIRTUAL TOUR - EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR - HQ: https://www.turismo.gal/fotos/IMAGENES/...index.html
VIRTUAL VISIT - GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE: https://artsandculture.google.com/story...w?hl=en-US
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