On December 12, Dr. Caroline Bruzelius shares new information discovered during the restoration of the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris. Soon to reopen after the fire of 2019, the brilliance of the cathedral’s design and its historical importance shine as brightly as when it was completed in the 13th Century. 

RSVP for this Sippican Historical Society (SHS) Speaker Series free event at the Marion Music Hall on December 12 at 6:30pm. Donations to support SHS programming are always appreciated.

Dr. Bruzelius first worked on the Cathedral of Notre-Dame during the protracted cleaning of the interior of the cathedral in the early 1980’s. The close up study of the wall surfaces and molding profiles brought better understanding to the process of constructing the biggest building of its time. A leader in Digital Art/Architectural History, Dr. Bruzelius is a founding member of the “Wired!” group at Duke University and founded Visualizing Venice.

SHS is lucky enough to welcome back Dr. Bruzelius, who writes extensively on religious architecture of the Middle Ages in France and Italy. She is the author of many books and articles on French Gothic architecture (Notre-Dame in Paris and in St.-Denis, for example) and on the late medieval buildings of Naples. Her 2014 book, Preaching, Building and Burying, explores the connections between religious practices and the impact on urban spaces and church design.