1. What Is The Relic Of Chartres Cathedral?

The architectures of Charters Cathedral and Saint Denis are very distinctive because of their portals. On the other hand, Charters and Saint Denis have similar jamb figures, but Charters went through drastic changes on their figures to indicate peculiar detail. The jamb figures of Saint Denis and Charters Cathedral both have jamb figures being involved in the entrances of their cathedrals. According to Penelope J.E Davies 's Janson 's History of Art, "Tall figures attached to columns flanked the doorways of both churches. Figures had apperead on the jambs or trumeaux of Romanesque portals, but they were relieds carved from the masonry of the doorway" (Davies et al. 395). The text exemplifies that cathedrals have amazing entrances to appeal

Architecture has the ability to remark and reflect any region, give a feeling and a sense of a place, and present thoughts and creativity. Across the world, especially in the United States, there are many cities that are distinguished by its architecture and unique styles: The skyline of New York City is defined by it’s skyscrapers; San Francisco’s mixture of Victorian and modern colored houses; New Orleans’ iconic Creole townhouses; and Miami’s modernist architecture. Los Angeles, San Diego and some of the cities in the same region are no different from the previous appreciable cities all around America. These cities are located in the state of California which is on the West Coast. They share some significant architectural characteristics

The Pantheon and Brunelleschi 's Dome in Florence both share a common idea of the dome in ancient history. They were built and different times, the Pantheon and Brunelleschi 's Dome differ in both design and architecture. This paper is going to analyze the Pantheon in Rome and Brunelleschi 's Dome in terms of their constructional and design techniques, and their historical circumstances of the construction of them both.

Unique architectural design has faded into a modern look in Polk County Florida. However, the Gothic style creeped into our community and was incorporated into the design of an old building still standing in Lake Wales, it is the Bok Tower of Bok Tower Gardens. Lake Wales, Florida is about 4,581 miles from Ile-de-France region of France where the Gothic style originated from. The influence of the Architect in the Gothic style from the Middle- Ages was rapidly spreading throughout the world reaching United States of America. The structure has survived through time and destructive whether. The Gothic

In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The of the House of Usher” and Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over”, the settings are similar because they both took place in a creepy house. However, in Poe’s story, the setting is the old house falling apart. By contrast, Cortazar’s setting the house is old but in good condition.

I chose to write about the building of Brunelleschi 's Dome. In the 1400 's Brunelleschi was commissioned to construct a dome for the Florence cathedral. I thought that one of the most interesting things about this article was that Brunelleschi essentially invented tools and lifting technology that would be in use until the industrial revolution.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum showcases Mrs. Gardner 's collection to the public in greater Boston area. Each room functions as a pilgrimage, as one travels through various countries and time periods ending at the chapel and subsequently the Gothic room. In this paper, I will examine the Gothic room 's theme in relation to the placement of its objects. I will also evaluate the room 's strengths and challenges in serving the public, and how the practices employed in this room fit into the context of accessibility for the entire museum.

Through this essay I will be discussing the comparisons and the contrast between temples in Greek architecture and roman architecture. I will be commenting on the forms, materials, technology and the siting to compare and contrast the architecture of ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Also I will discuss how these points reflect the structure of the Greek and roman societies from which the temples emerged.

Romanesque architecture started around 1000 to 1200 AD around the middle ages, extending from the decline of the Roman Empire until the begging of gothic architecture. It is one of the most influenced styles of architecture but also one of the most hard to characterize. Unlike other styles it developed independently in diverse locations such as Italy, Spain, England and France. Its characteristics come from the ancient roman architecture that developed into bigger prettier and more complex constructions. However, there are different views in where it spread first as well as where it got more influence from. Throughout this paper, it will be discussed its different origins, characteristics and how it developed throughout time.

Relics were widely sought-after commodities in the Middle Ages. A relic is any object that belonged to a saint. This included pieces of the respective saint 's

The term gothic came into use in post-medieval times when the work of the Middle Ages men considered being crude & barbaric. I believe that this term was given to this style due to its structure; huge stone walls with pointed arches & gargoyles for example as mentioned by Jonathan Glancey, an architectural critic who worked as the architecture and design editor at ‘The Guardian’ in his book ‘Architecture: Eyewitness Companion Guide’, “High above the naves of these ship-like structures, and often well out of range of the human eye, we find expertly carved angels, demons, fronds, and finials: nothing was too good for the all-seeing eye of the heavenly

Art is the mirror of any culture and its worldly views. The art of Muslim world mirrors its social values and uncovers the way Muslims see the spiritual domain and the universe. Muslims all over the world embrace the identical system of belief and each one of them is well familiar with the spiritual connection regardless of nationwide, racial differences or conflicts. They consider themselves to be Muslim as a matter of paramount importance. This strong sense of identity and stability inclined en route for a high level of societal and richest artistic traditionalism. Islamic art has persistently validated its dimensions for the innovative reinterpretation of the existed forms of art and one of the innovations is Islamic Wall Art.

The Germanic style of art called Animal art is a characterized by the distorted animals that it depicts, and it's seemingly random shaped objects that at closer inspection are made up of small symmetric shapes. The distorted animals are described at twisted and stretched, and sometimes made up of significant parts of other animals. The griffin is a an example of this style, which is a beast made up of an eagle head, and a lion body. Many examples of this art are made of gold and enamel with different highly valuable gems to emphasize features. There exists three styles categorized as Style I, II, and III which preceded one another over 200 years in particular. This art form is in contrast to what people think of the dark ages, which were

The style of the building and the purpose it is built give a brief and thoughtful storybook about the culture of the architect as art, generally, and architecture, particularly, is a language itself. Thus, buildings narrate the stories of the people among the history and tell their traditions and habits to the next generation through its design, inscriptions, and details. In this essay, I will discuss how both the style and function of the Greek Parthenon and the Roman Pantheon served as typical examples of their cultures in Athens and ancient Rome. In addition to the similarities and differences between these two cultures through the two buildings.

Byzantine architecture was evolved from Early Christian architecture. For example, Early Christian style architecture had basilicas (churches) with three or five isles, but Byzantine style architecture rarely used three to five isles. Byzantines used domes and vaults frequently, unlike the Early Christian style architecture who rarely used domes. To keep the highest domes upright, the Byzantines used pendentive. Pendentive supports the dome using four triangle legs sitting on a square base. In the 6th century reign, with the emperor Justinian I, Byzantine architecture became a distinctive style that included windowed domes.