Cathedral

What is Maundy Thursday and why is it called that? Maundy Thursday will soon be celebrated in the UK and by Christians all around the world. Queen Elizabeth II will take part in a special service at Leicester Cathedral to mark the occasion. The service itself dates all the way back to the medieval period and has undergone a number of changes over the centuries, though its core traditions have remained remarkably intact after all these years. But just what exactly is Maundy Thursday? Here’s all…

Bramante, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Palladio. The renaissance was a the time of religious art this means that there were lots of cathedrals and churches being built. The renaissance movement started in Florence, Italy, with Filippo Brunelleschi. He was the first architect to design a dome and come up with a way to build said dome that would go on the Florence Cathedral. This was the first dome to surpass the Pantheon in size. One Church he designed and built is San Lorenzo. Again he builds…

early work in marble of a clothed figure and the seconf a far more famous bronze figure that is nude between its helmet and boots, it dates to the 1430s or later. Donatello was commissioned in his early twenties to make the first David to top a cathedral in Florence. It was made of marble and was taken down soon after it was put up as it was deemed too small to be visible from the ground. The second David, made of bronze was famous as the first unsupported standing work of bronze cast during…

compatibility with highly artistic designs and sophisticated functionality. St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan Island is one of the best known 19th century’s gothic style churches completed in 1879. The building employs the gothic revival style which literally sought the revival of medieval gothic design started in the 12th century France. Common characteristics of this style, including St. Patrick’s Cathedral, are “complex and irregular shapes, steeply pitched roofs, high style elements such…

When you head off to college, what are some of items that your parents provide for you? Go ahead think about it. Most students will say money, or forgotten possessions, or even the illustrious “gourmet” box of home cooked meals, yum. But when we compare the aspects of universities in the Middle Ages up to the Renaissance in terms of college life, we find that the lives of students in our age were more or less alike and different. Although the universities of the Middle Ages were restricted to…

place in the small town. The whole story could have been completely different if Jackson used the opinion of one of the town’s people, but instead she choose to use third person to set her short story apart from others. •Character--"Cathedral" In the story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver only includes three different, but important characters. A character is an extended…

pointy steeple. The design of this chapel is quite similar to catholic cathedrals we have here in the United States. Just like the Palatine Chapel; Catholic Cathedrals is a place for worshipping and praying to God. When one walks inside the Palatine Chapel, one can imagine how long and hard working the workers must be in order to finish constructing this beautiful chapel. The Palatine has a more gothic feel to it than most cathedrals we have here in the…

flames could be seen coming out of its doors and windows, and triggered a four-alarm warning, requiring 170 firefighters who battled to douse the fire. The fire started at about 7 pm and led to a near-complete destruction of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava in Manhattan, which was designated a city landmark in 1968. The church's priest, Father Djokan Majstorovic, tried to reach the scene but was blocked by the firefighters. "I feel like I'm in a nightmare right now," he told…

architecture are in decline, why are people still awed over buildings from back then? As stated in Document G, “Common features of gothic cathedrals included architectural innovations including: large columns, high ceilings with ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and large stained glass windows”. In the above quote, it states that common features of cathedrals were architectural innovations. That completely goes against what the definition of a dark age is. From the word choice above, one can…

Why did the monks disagreed about what happened to Becket? In the year 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered at the altar of Canterbury Cathedral by four knights. Some dispute has arisen since that time surrounding exactly what happened that day. Therefore, in this essay, I will present a number of sources explaining why there was and still is disagreement over Thomas Becket's death. First of all, we know that Edward Grim, priest, was at the scene. However, the three monks…