Question
Gislebertus depicted demons tipping the scales of lost souls in a sculpture in one of these spaces for Cathedral of Saint-Lazare in Autun. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these semicircular or triangular spaces between the lintel of a cathedral door and an arch, where Romanesque and Gothic sculptors would frequently depict Christ in Majesty.
ANSWER: tympanum [or tympana; accept lunettes]
[10h] The Gallery of Kings appears above this cathedral’s multitiered tympanum. This cathedral in Northeastern France contains the Smiling Angel sculpture as well as three stained glass windows by Marc Chagall in its axial chapel.
ANSWER: Reims (“rams”) Cathedral [accept Notre-Dame de Reims or Our Lady of Reims]
[10e] Strasbourg Cathedral contains an influential tympanum depicting the death of this person, who is the living figure in medieval Pietà sculptures.
ANSWER: Virgin Mary [or the Madonna; prompt on the Virgin]
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