Engineering the Impossible: Chartres Cathedral | National Geographic

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  • Building the great cathedral.
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  • @stefanlab
    @stefanlab 13 років тому +9

    The impossible part? are you kidding me ? Simply the whole structure is close to impossible, it´s truley stunning, how they mange to build this magnificent cathedral during the medival era (without using machines or other necessities)... that´s just a little part of the "impossible". secondly the architect was obviously very sensible and well educated, he saw the connection between the three simple shapes and made a brilliant work out of that.. that kid is the impossible :D

  • @DavidMaurand
    @DavidMaurand 6 років тому +28

    i'm amused by the display of a bishop wearing cope and miter while just walking around or sitting in a meeting. this level of research ineptitude makes me wonder about everything else they depict. lol.

    • @joelsytairo6338
      @joelsytairo6338 2 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂 i love when people notice stuff like that

  • @dlwatib
    @dlwatib 9 років тому +8

    The diagonals of a square don't produce four equilateral triangles! They produce four 45-90-45 angled triangles. The secret of Gothic architecture was the use of the vesica piscis to create the tops of windows, doors, arches, and vaults.

  • @BillDFC
    @BillDFC 15 років тому +4

    I find it hard to believe that no one knows who the architect was.

  • @saradaphia
    @saradaphia 5 років тому +9

    Well, it feels strange to see a documentary about your city 🇫🇷🇫🇷

    • @nanofan100
      @nanofan100 3 роки тому

      You should be proud! :)

  • @plecavalier
    @plecavalier 14 років тому +4

    Visited the Cathedral 3 weeks ago, and it is quite an amazing Mediaval architectural structure, developed in so little time with next to no technology. I am not as expert as people leaving comments before me, but the other outstanding aspect is that it is still up, almost identical to the way it was about 1000 years ago --- most of our modern bridges and buidling struggle to last more than one century!

    • @integralogic
      @integralogic Рік тому

      The best part is It's even older than these free masons tell us it is. How the heck does a year 1200 building have a year 1800 Schuman resonance antenna?

    • @wesleydevos3185
      @wesleydevos3185 Місяць тому

      Tartaria

  • @CatholicSoccerMom
    @CatholicSoccerMom 11 років тому +20

    Bishops don't typically wander around in their liturgical dress. *smh*

  • @luxvincunt
    @luxvincunt Рік тому +1

    What three shapes are contained within the plan of Chartres Cathedral? 1 pt
    How are these three shapes symbolic (individually and collectively)? 2 pts
    What is the overall shape of the cathedral? 1 pt

  • @perroespi
    @perroespi 17 років тому +2

    Es un buen video que aporta elementos para la investigacion de los misterios del Arte Real de la Construccion.Desde el Uruguay,saludos de ANGEL

  • @striker300southpaw
    @striker300southpaw 14 років тому

    I love learning about the Architectural Engineering of Cathedrals. I don't think we would be building sky scrapers today if it weren't for that push during the middle ages to have the biggest and baddest looking Cathedral.

  • @stamman2
    @stamman2 17 років тому +1

    My favorite cathedral in the world...

  • @bombz4327
    @bombz4327 14 років тому +3

    GOTTA MOVE THAT GEAR UP!

    • @medicmist
      @medicmist 3 роки тому +2

      Pootis spencer here!

  • @crudeoilsystems
    @crudeoilsystems 13 років тому

    well done production

  • @JoelClarkArtist
    @JoelClarkArtist 13 років тому +2

    Interesting or downright typical how NG as a voice for the corporate elite would have us believe Chartres was the product of politics, the desire of a Bishop for "cutting edge" design, and not the great mystical and mysterious undertaking that it was, fuelled by a fervent love of the Blessed Virgin by an international populace from every level of society. The dark lords only know one mentality, that of Earthly Power. They attempt to obliterate all others.

  • @Metadsign
    @Metadsign 16 років тому

    There is a Chartres train station! :) just down the cathedral.

  • @Selerkala
    @Selerkala 16 років тому

    Thank you. O gracias...

  • @jerzkid87
    @jerzkid87 17 років тому

    oh and its funny too... i just noticed how if you "diagonally bisect the perfect square [btw- perfect square? all squares are perfect otherwise they are just rhomboids!] we arrive at four triangles"... not four equilateral triangles!!! notice that in the diagram when the yellow trace e.triangle is superimposed over the crossing it doesnt actually match up! lol (3:32)

  • @Selerkala
    @Selerkala 16 років тому

    Where can I found this video complete?

  • @msgr12
    @msgr12 11 років тому +28

    Architects and craftsmen at that time remained anonymous on purpose because they wanted the work to point to God and not to themselves. Soli Deo Gloria. That's something our culture has a hard time understanding. This documentary acts like it's some great conspiracy. Who writes this stuff?

    • @peanut71968
      @peanut71968 7 років тому

      Jason Morris Who writes this? People who don't know Truth!

    • @isabellajones8535
      @isabellajones8535 3 роки тому

      Who writes this stuff? Nat. Geog. is owned by the Deep State, owned media arm of Government. I's all they can see. The fantastic mathematics, the music in stone, and deep code to ancient mysteries that this cathedral has. Never watch Nat. Geog. They're all the same.

  • @beeble2003
    @beeble2003 13 років тому

    It's all very well claiming that the key shapes are the circle, the square and the equilateral triangle (2:38) but cutting a square along its diagonals (3:13) gives right-angled, not equilateral triangles!

  • @MesserschmittBf109g6
    @MesserschmittBf109g6 15 років тому

    I might also add that a square is of cause necessary in a building

  • @jerzkid87
    @jerzkid87 17 років тому

    "The circle is a sacred symbol of purity"
    - ok thats true. because a point is the most elementary shape and symbol distinguishing something from nothing. the circle is a line surrounding the point distant at a standard length around the dot. that symbolizes separateness of an individual from other non nothing others.

  • @jpstenino
    @jpstenino 16 років тому

    A very informative study is "CHARTRES The masons who built a legend" by John James published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. It would be wonderful to explore Chartres with this book in hand.
    ps it is out of print but worth finding.

    • @Wavy997
      @Wavy997 3 роки тому

      John James is a legend.

  • @kh2freek
    @kh2freek 17 років тому

    3th? Greatest use of the English Language I've ever seen.

  • @stefanlab
    @stefanlab 13 років тому +2

    This is really intressting though i find your language even more intressting. Some of you, not all though, uses really nice english and i´m owerjoyed to just read and try to remember some significant phrases.
    I'm not from a english talking country and i'm just 15 and really intressed in the english language. I alos wish to learn more. Just saying =)

  • @arshaque
    @arshaque 17 років тому

    5th, but still, awesome video!

  • @jerzkid87
    @jerzkid87 16 років тому

    what do you mena exactly?

  • @frjimt9455
    @frjimt9455 15 років тому

    funny, you remember the hatred, but forgot the war?.......
    shows alot of character

  • @pedrozaragoza2253
    @pedrozaragoza2253 3 роки тому

    Gloria in Excelsis Deo!

  • @jerzkid87
    @jerzkid87 17 років тому +1

    so that makes sense but then.... "outside a circle can be drawn a perfect square" of course you can!!!
    duh. you could draw a perfect looney toons haracter also. the square is arbitrary and you could inscribe a circle into any regular polygon and still touch tangentially.

  • @InnocentSmith831
    @InnocentSmith831 11 років тому +1

    Gee whiz. Maybe the Circle, Square and the Triangle are not as simple as you think. Oh, and don't you just love the cynicism? Trying to explain everything according to our broken and divided world. Also, I believe they did not have paper back then. The Sacred Geometry was done on tables made of plaster and they were etched out. But leave it to National Geographic to make it a political intrigue. This place is a miracle of engineering and human labor.

  • @BetoLopez86640
    @BetoLopez86640 14 років тому

    this was made with the arc of the covenant !!!

  • @golgumbazguide...4113
    @golgumbazguide...4113 11 місяців тому

    Explore Golgumbaz

  • @annatham4591
    @annatham4591 5 років тому

    I don’t see bishops wearing vestments

  • @EkEMaN91
    @EkEMaN91 15 років тому

    Sorry that I am not completely sure if he was talking about WWI or WWII but seeing as I am human and do tend to forget things I'll forgive myself that. And how can you judge my character from the fact that I couldn't remember which of those two very close time periods the event was from? By that thinking I can judge your character by the fact that you think that it would actually make any kind of difference if it happened during the first or second world war.

  • @kijijikubwa
    @kijijikubwa 14 років тому

    they forgot the "X", now i'll go hit my ps2 as I still can't afford a ps3

  • @jorgecarrillo2
    @jorgecarrillo2 13 років тому

    @TheWilor19 y para que te apuras, mejor busca algo en español

  • @gondrongkancong
    @gondrongkancong 13 років тому

    "the circle..square..and triangle..are uniquely harmonies.." why don't put 'the cross' too then you have playstation console

  • @nickjordan7671
    @nickjordan7671 6 років тому

    You aren't fooling anyone. That's Qyburn

  • @driftability
    @driftability 17 років тому

    Wheres the X?.

  • @curinga53
    @curinga53 15 років тому

    do you even know what Indulgences are?

  • @MesserschmittBf109g6
    @MesserschmittBf109g6 15 років тому

    Obviously the screwed up the delicate geometry of the gothic style, the prof. was right though, the gothic mind was obsessed with mainly the circle, and the right angled triangle that could be made out of three circles. This they obviously also screwed up as a ri.ang. triangle cant be made by dividing a square. To demonstrate the masterful geometry they should have shown eg the west rose window, not by superimposing some forms on a shitty groundplan, the geom. was much more complicated than that

  • @Abstract180
    @Abstract180 5 років тому

    National Speculation

  • @hatzlmike1
    @hatzlmike1 2 роки тому

    Mid Evil Mind?

  • @islandbuoy4
    @islandbuoy4 14 років тому +1

    also note the ASYMMETRY of the two spires...
    also note that LEON LEDERMAN (physicist) compared these two spires to ASYMMETRY.
    And Leon was referencing ASYMMETRY, which ONLY came to the forefront in 1956.
    Just AFTER Einstein died. Too bad.
    And Leon was discussing CP violation/ASYMMETRY unveiled JUST in 1956.
    And it is clear that ASYMMETRY was intentionally built into the architecture of Chartres.
    NOW GOOGLE
    asymmetry DNA swastika

  • @armand6735
    @armand6735 12 років тому

    pour pas en français merci
    armand 6735

  • @eldominicanboy
    @eldominicanboy 16 років тому

    wow its true lol

  • @frjimt9455
    @frjimt9455 15 років тому

    don't like what you've gotten.......
    stop putting hateful comments up.......
    and your latest response shows that you have little character remaining.
    don't dispose of it all here........
    use it for some other ignorant things you want to remember from one person you met on the streets of rome

  • @010110010
    @010110010 17 років тому

    2nd!!!!!

  • @Svengalish0000
    @Svengalish0000 13 років тому

    @Taurshien ignorant people? compared to whom.. you? do you understand pythagoras and euclid? explain to me the basic concepts of trigonometry without googling it.. build your own model cathedral from scratch.. THEN tell me who's ignorant.

  • @eroz1120
    @eroz1120 Рік тому +1

    the play-station controller is a basic medieval shape JAPANESE know too much

  • @raviparekh74
    @raviparekh74 11 років тому

    rw

  • @stevensongrant7531
    @stevensongrant7531 3 місяці тому

    The builder was not of the cathedrall

    • @stevensongrant7531
      @stevensongrant7531 3 місяці тому

      It was not the church who built the cathedral and it was not Built for Christianity we know

    • @e9_Tum0r
      @e9_Tum0r Місяць тому

      @@stevensongrant7531”the builder” in question didn’t actually build it, you are aware they had workers and laborers right ?

  • @Water4Jeremiah
    @Water4Jeremiah 13 років тому

    I just think it's remarkable that all that work, labor, money, time, and patience went into creating a building dedicated to a deity that doesn't exist.

  • @brucelee7150
    @brucelee7150 12 років тому

    big deal i can build that with my eyes closed

  • @driftability
    @driftability 16 років тому

    Well if youve played playstation you would know.

  • @Daim0th
    @Daim0th 12 років тому

    @unapologeticmind It's a bit presumptuous to say that *no* Christian believes that, isn't it?

  • @carmenfernandez5396
    @carmenfernandez5396 2 роки тому +1

    The university profesor explained with his finger the circle!
    Oh Thanks Mister wise documentary people for taken care of us simple ignorant audience! Please keep the kindergarten so I don’t get scare when you use big words with us!

  • @raviparekh74
    @raviparekh74 11 років тому

    gvetyb

  • @EternusVia
    @EternusVia 11 років тому

    False... people build "grand" cathedrals like this in order to symbolize the loftiness and grandness of God.

  • @Zazyr
    @Zazyr 15 років тому

    Great bunch of lies. I'm glad u didn't wrote that the bloodthirsty priests forced these people to give their very last money to the church...

  • @Zazyr
    @Zazyr 15 років тому

    That's just a disgusting lie. The Church never "used the uneducated Irish people" for his gain. It never forced anyone to give his money to the Church. If people aid the Church, they do so because of their faith, not terror! You call yourself a catholic? You should be ashamed of yourself!

    • @e9_Tum0r
      @e9_Tum0r Місяць тому

      Irish ? This is in France

  • @Water4Jeremiah
    @Water4Jeremiah 13 років тому

    @sonicnumber11 I read very carefully what you said and decided it's about time I started believing in a god...just kidding.
    "I will not respond to any message you send me."
    Perhaps Dr. House, M.D. can answer it better than I can. (watch?v=92Im6yyrdGs) Of course you're not going to respond to rational arguments, otherwise you wouldn't be believing in a god.
    As for these cathedrals, they are amazing achievements of human engineering. I refuse to destroy them - they should be art museums.

  • @Water4Jeremiah
    @Water4Jeremiah 13 років тому

    @sonicnumber11 And the bible even says that every man is righteous in his own eyes. Of course you think that applies to both of us, but what if it was written to deceive the believers into demanding respect from anyone says honestly god doesn't exist.
    As an atheist, I say simply there's no evidence for god's existence. And I must admit if an otherwordly alien were watching us, they'd be laughing at the both of us since neither of us are very honest compared to whatever the truth really is.

  • @boazMarcus
    @boazMarcus 13 років тому

    poor documentary

  • @Avieno
    @Avieno 15 років тому

    Learn fair behaviour, if not, shut up!

  • @KyleMcDermott3
    @KyleMcDermott3 16 років тому

    who cares