Cathedral glass

The thinner walls of the Gothic style permitted the inclusion stained glass. The beautiful stain glass served a dual purpose, one to decorate the walls of the cathedral with color and light. The second purpose and in some ways the more important one was to educate the illiterate mass. The scenes depicted in the glass reinforce the stories found in the bible and taught to the mass by the clergy. The glass also served as a means of celebrating the French crown and its good works. The fleur-de-lis…

visitor I imagine the Cathedral would appear to be majestic and for some a center for faith and a way to get a glimpse of their betters. Imagine someone traveling between towns that were small shires with commerce being held in wood and thatch roofed buildings, the cathedral would appear to be beyond belief. To go from building with mud and straw floors, possibly with smaller live stock in the living spaces to one of reverence would be awe inspiring. What features of the cathedral might have…

mysteries of Chartres cathedral, such as the tunic and the windows, attract much attention to the community, which helps increase population as well as the money created from tourists. It is the fact that “Chartres’ windows are unique in the sense that a stained glass window became the object of devotion” that makes people keep coming back for more. Also, Chartres cathedral was used socio-economically in the ways that it had been used as a marketplace within the community; “The cathedral was the…

tallest of all the French gothic cathedrals and attempts a near skeleton like design, by implementing an immense amount of thin flying buttresses and eliminating most of the stone in the walls. The nave vaults reach an astounding 144 feet high, and the choir vaults are even higher measuring in at 157 feet high. The cathedral made full use of the flying buttresses and had the majority bulky stone walls eliminated. In their place are many intricately placed stained glass windows, including an even…

history. The gothic style is not the exception. Most buildings from that era follow certain characteristics that make them different from any other style of architecture in history. The Chartres Cathedral is a great example of gothic architecture, and of the elements that characterize it. Chartres Cathedral is a catholic church in Eure y Loir, France, nearly 80 km to the southeast of Paris. It is believed that in…

weddings, as well as education. The first thing that I noticed when looking at these churches is how generally, the shape of the cathedrals resembled a cross, a very important symbol of the catholic religion. There is also the fact that the things which they considered more important, were centrally…

The “Lancet Redemption Windows” is a stained glass window that is made out of pot-metal glass. The “Lancet Redemption Window” is a religious piece of art out of a church in France. This piece of art has four panels, each containing events of Christ’s final moments of life. The center panel portrays the Crucifixion of Christ on the cross. In the panel above Crucifixion, Christ is praying in a garden. This panel was a replacement for the original panel which was of Christ ascending into the…

Gothic cathedrals are often seen as the microcosm of the universe according to many intelligent sources, however gothic cathedrals are actually a result of the fusion between logic, beauty, and faith. The fusion between material and spiritual things began to rise in popularity during the high Middle Ages because during this time, due to trade, the people of the middle ages began to gain wealth and a love for materialistic things. The community of the middle ages valued both their material things…

Books or online pictures of the façade in large cathedrals in Europe, gives powerful impression, in which I see in the Church of the Advocate. It has many pinnacles surrounding the building, having two big pinnacles, in between is the big rose window at the façade. Inside the building, I admired the tracery…

Cathedral churches were founded in Europe in the 11th century and lasted until the 16th century. The cathedrals were built quickly and added to as the funds became available. Most of the the senior clergies funded the construction of the cathedrals and the bishops could fund at own discretion. Construction consisted of brick and mortar instead of the more expensive limestone. Although when construction first started everything was made of wood, but later stopped due to the many fires. The…