Cathedral entrance with sculptured Last Judgment" over doorway France" – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Cathedral entrance with sculptured Last Judgment" over doorway France" comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Cathedral entrance with sculptured Last Judgment" over doorway France"
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Above this cathedral entrance, a carved Last Judgment fills the space over the doors, placing the viewer at the threshold of the church where the scene was meant to be seen. The sculpture follows a long medieval tradition in which Christ presides at the center while the dead rise and are sorted toward salvation or damnation, a message aimed at worshippers who could not necessarily read. Taken around 1907 as a stereograph, the picture was meant to be viewed through a paired-lens viewer, which gave the stone a sense of depth and made distant French churches a popular armchair journey for home audiences of the period.
| Created / published | c1907. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | STEREO FOREIGN GEOG FILE - France [item] [P&P] |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 783 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155289 |
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