Question

What is pictured above?
a.
Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
b.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame
c.
Salisbury Cathedral
d.
Amiens Cathedral

Answer 1

I can’t see the picture you mean. Please either upload the image or describe key features (number and shape of towers/spires, presence/shape of a rose window, how many portals at the west front, heavy sculptural decoration, location if known).

To help you decide, here are quick visual clues for each option:

- Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
- Early Gothic, relatively restrained compared with High Gothic.
- West façade with three portals and a prominent rose; lots of early pointed-arch sculpture and columnar jamb statues.
- Smaller, less vertically exaggerated than Amiens or Notre Dame.

- The Cathedral of Notre-Dame (Paris)
- Very recognizable west façade with two large, nearly identical square towers (no central spire on the façade), a long Gallery of Kings between towers, and a large circular rose window above the three portals.
- Strongly horizontal divisions on the west front.

- Salisbury Cathedral
- English Gothic (Early English) look: simpler, elongated lancet windows and less ornate west front.
- Very tall central spire rises from the crossing (visible behind the nave/roof rather than between the west towers).
- More plain, horizontal emphasis compared with French cathedrals.

- Amiens Cathedral
- High French Gothic: extremely vertical and richly sculpted west façade with deep gabled portals and a high, elaborate rose; the towers are tall and the overall effect is very lofty and ornate — often considered one of the largest/most monumental Gothic façades.

If you upload or describe the image I’ll identify which it is.