Gothi Gothic Cathedrals

The churches were made with gothic arches and stained glass. The stained glass illustrated stories from the

As they draw the cathedral together, “I put in windows with arches. I drew flying buttresses. I hung great doors. I couldn’t stop”(Carver, 42). This transformation of simply drawing what a cathedral looks like, to imagining actually hanging the doors means that the narrator is seeing the cathedral for what it is, instead of its superficial features.

During our tour at the Legion of Honor, we observed art starting from the early and High Renaissance. Next, we went to the Dutch Baroque period, British art, and ended at the impressionists. A most notable work of art from the tour was “The Annunciation” by Master of the Retable of the Reyes Católicos. This oil on wood panel painting was created in the late 1500s, during the High Renaissance period of the art historical cannon. It portrays the biblical event found in the Gospel of Luke in which the archangel Gabriel announces to Mary that she is pregnant with Jesus, the son of God.

Catedral Primada de America the first stone of this cathedral was set in 1514 by Diego Columbus, who was the son of the great explorer. This is the oldest standing cathedral in the Western hemisphere. The vault of the church is Gothic, the arches Romanesque and the ornamentation Baroque. Among the cathedral more impressive features is the amazing vaulted ceiling and its 14 interior chapels. An audio guide is available in different languages.

The author of Beowulf describes the setting by using visual imagery. The reader can distinguish whether the imagery pertains to good or evil, by recognizing certain visual cues which relate to biblical concepts. The battle with Grendel takes place in a heavenly place called Herot. Herot is described as a “gold shining hall” which was “built to withstand blows” (Raffel 11, 14). Although Christianity was new for the Anglo-Saxons, their history explains what Herot might actually

To answer this, one would have to go back into history and discover the acceptance of Christianity amongst the Anglo-Saxons. According to history, Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons kingdoms began in AD 597 and was introduced by the first Archbishop of Canterburry, Augustine in 597AD. He had officially baptized the first Christian Anglo-Saxon King, Ethelberht of Kent in 601 and so considering the estimated date of Beowulf being first written somewhere between 700 and 750 AD, one can safely assume that the religion was very much part of the Anglo-Saxon culture. Famous critic and translator of Beowulf, J.R.R Tolkien says Beowufl is more like a long, lyrical clergy than an epic. He also suggests that the poem reflects the preChristian past [Tolkein, 1936]3.

One such artists was found, the Master of Moulins; his work presents the simplification of the composition to a few figures, which was becoming the popular style in the late fifteenth century. Pierre Verlet was the first to announce that the artist for the tapestry must be from the area of Moulins, where the capital of the Bourbon court was. The Master of Moulins is quite possible Jean Prevost, who was greatly honored at the Bourbon court in 1502. Jean Prevost designed the windows of the Lyons cathedral from 1471 to 1498, affiliating him with Jean Le Viste who most likely commissioned this artist for the Lady and the Unicorn tapestry. Accordingly, Le Viste sought for an artist with Lyonnaise origins who welcomed patronage of the

Its name derives for the use of roman semicircular arches use in most doors and windows. The architects encountered a construction problem since they wanted to use masonry for the ceiling instead of wood. It made it more complicated since they now needed a stronger support for the ceiling. In order to find a practical solution, most of its buildings rely on the mass of the walls to support the heavy ceiling. Also, the use of arches tunnels for the roof made it more secure preventing it to fall which created what is called a vault.

The bricks may represent events, or sacred beings to those who lived in these buildings. The main material of these bricks is limestone, and the exterior is covered in plaster. This is what allowed the ancient Mayans that lived there to carve so intricately. These designs add mystery to the ancient site of Uxmal. The first and most famous pyramid in Uxmal is known as the Pyramid of The Magician.

He painted the famous painting ‘School of Athens’ which is what I am going to talk about. School of Athens, one of the greatest fresco paintings of all time was made some time in 1510. It is located in the ‘Stanza della Segnatura’ which is a room in the Vatican City holding the four best fresco paintings of Raphael.

1. What is the relic of Chartres Cathedral?  The relic of Chartres Cathedral is a tunic that belonged to the Virgin Mary. 2. Why would people travel long distances to see a relic?

Sir Christopher Wren can be considered England’s greatest architect. His greatest architectural achievement is St. Paul’s Cathedral located in London, England. The cathedral was constructed between 1675-1711 in response to being destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. St. Paul’s Cathedral is a rather exceptional building in terms of its uniqueness and historical context.