Teaching in Stone: Sculpture at Saint‑Denis

Capitals compress narratives into small theaters. Portals prepare entry with scenes of judgment and mercy. Low reliefs punctuate aisles as study margins in stone. Sculpture teaches, guides, and frames movement.

📚 Reading the Stone

• Gesture and drapery: Communicate virtue and vice.
• Margins: Aisle carvings act as annotations during procession.
• Thresholds: Portals catechize before entry.
• Scale logic: High relief for distance, low relief for proximity.

Sculpture is literacy for the moving body.