Once home to the oriflamme and founded by Dagobert I, this building was partially rebuilt by a man who wrote a biography of Louis VII and a panegyric on Louis VI.
In a book about this building "and its art forms", Erwin Panofsky argued it was influenced by the ideas of Pseudo-Dionysus the Areopagite and that it represents Heavenly Jerusalem. The jambs and lintel zone of this building's central portal feature sculptures of the Wise and Foolish Virgins and two Atlantids. Golden axes in a circle once surrounded the altar of the throne, which joins the marble ciborium amongst the lost work Eligius did for this building. Once home to the oriflamme and founded by Dagobert I, this building was partially rebuilt by a man who wrote a biography of Louis VII and a panegyric on Louis VI. It marked the transition from Romanesque to Gothic architecture and the remains of monarchs buried at St. Genevieve were later moved here, alongside most French monarchs. For 10 points, name this building, rebuilt and led by Abbot Suger.
In a book about this building "and its art forms", Erwin Panofsky argued it was influenced by the ideas of Pseudo-Dionysus the Areopagite and that it represents Heavenly Jerusalem.
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