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12 Th Century Flying Buttresses
2,259 words... rd, thus collapsing them. A building's vertical supporting walls thus had to be made extremely thick and heavy in order to contain the barrels vaults outward thrust. Medieval masons solved this difficult problem about 1120 with a number of brilliant innovations First and foremost they developed a ribbed vault, in which arching and intersecting stone ribs support a vaulted ceiling surface that is composed of mere thin stone panels. This greatly reduced the weight (and thus the outward thrust)...
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Eoanthropus Dawson British Museum Piltdown
752 words1. A hoax A hoax: n. 1. Practical joke 2. Deceptive trick 3. Play trick upon 4. Decide example: Piltdown Man For forty years they were considered one of the archaeological finds of the century: A fragment of jaw and a part of a skull that could prove man evolved from the apes. They were the bones of Eoanthropus dawson found near Piltdown Common in Sussex. The bones of the "Missing Link. " Not since 1953 the name "Piltdown" hasn't been associated with great scientific discovery, but great scienti...
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Tale Of Two Cities France And England
1,615 wordsTale of Two Cities takes place in France and England during the troubled times of the French Revolution. The main action in the novel is scattered out in many places such as: the Bastille, Tells's Bank, and largely, the streets of Paris. Although the story takes place during the years 1775 and 1793 it also refers to events that took place in the past which helps define characters. In the first book there are a few comparisons that convey the atmosphere of chaos. Latter on in the second book when...
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Gothic Cathedrals Stained Glass
937 wordsThere were two main styles of architecture in the middle ages. Gothic period in architecture followed the Romanesque period. However, they did not follow the same elements. The primary difference between buildings Gothic and Romanesque style is ideological, besides their architectural styles are different. Gothic style architecture included big churches called cathedrals. Cathedrals had tall skyscraper-like towers. Romanesque architecture had big internal spaces. These buildings had barrel vault...
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Stained Glass Art Inside The Church Cathedral
614 wordsMalcolm Chartes Cathedral Chartes Cathedral Malcolm Miller, an English-speaking tour guide at the Chartes Cathedral states, The Chartes Cathedral is a book. Its architecture is in the binding, and its stories are told through its windows and sculptures. The Chartes Cathedral held true to this statement through my research of this famous gothic cathedral. Located in the heart of a small, sleepy town southwest of Paris, it contains the largest collection of exquisite stained glass, sculptures, and...
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Chartres Cathedral Stained Glass
394 wordsChartres Cathedral is the cathedral church of Notre Dame (Our Lady) in the city of Chartres in northwestern France. It is one of the foremost examples of High Gothic French architecture, and is widely noted not only for its innovations in architecture, but also for its many sculptures and celebrated stained glass. The oldest parts of the cathedral are taken from a Romanesque church, which was destroyed by a fire in 1194. The present day cathedral was constructed on this church? s foundation, wit...
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13 Th Century Fa Ade
919 wordsThe Tomb Effigy of Jaquelin deferrer (Limestone, North French, late 13 th century) is unusual in style for the time and place in which it was created. In the 13 th century, Gothic art in France consisted of more three dimensional sculpture and more of a variety in the poses of the figures than in the Romanesque period which preceded it. The Tomb Effigy of Jaquelin deferrer falls into the transition period between the Romanesque (11 th- 12 th century) and Gothic time-frames (12 th- 15 th century)...
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Stained Glass Gothic Cathedrals
2,306 wordsART APPRECIATION STAINED GLASS I. CONCRETE EXPERIENCE I think my interest in the combination of glass, light and color began as a child when I discovered the colorful images created inside a kaleidoscope. Even as an adult, I cannot seem to resist picking up a kaleidoscope and gazing into the viewer as I rotate the tube to change the design of the colored bits of glass. If you walk into my home, it is apparent that I like to decorate with glass. I have glass flowers, marbles, stones, vases, balls...
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Gothic Cathedrals Flying Buttresses
885 wordsThe Gothic Architecture Gothic Architecture The church in the Middle Ages was a place that all people, regardless of class, could belong to. As a source of unity, its influence on art and architecture was great during this time. As society drew away from the feudal system of the Romanesque period, a new spirit of human individualism began to take hold; alas, the birth of Gothic. Here, the Church became a place where humanity became more acceptable, alas becoming the ideal place to visual such ne...
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Stained Glass Side Aisles
309 wordstracery In architecture, branching, ornamental stonework, generally in a window, where it supports the glass. Tracery is particularly characteristic of Gothic architecture. Example: The tracery in a rose window of Washington Cathedral, Washington, DC. This graphic displays four different photos they amount to a zoom into the tracery. Also see fenestration, foil, quatrefoil, and stained glass. rose window Large circular windows of tracery and stained glass found in Gothic cathedrals. Also called ...
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Stained Glass Side Aisles
294 wordsTracery is particularly characteristic of Gothic architecture. Example: The tracery in a rose window of Washington Cathedral, Washington, DC. This graphic displays four different photos they amount to a zoom into the tracery. Also see fenestration, foil, quatrefoil, and stained glass. rose window Large circular windows of tracery and stained glass found in Gothic cathedrals. Also called a wheel window. Examples: transept An aisle between the apse and nave. It cuts across the nave and side aisles...
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Macbeth Ambition Thane Of Cawdor
1,893 wordsOne of the themes in The Tragedy of Macbeth is that of blood. Macbeth is known for his skills as a warrior and his mercilessness that is shown in his killing of Macdonwald, this warrior mentality spreads though into his life and Macbeth begins to make killing a habit. When he is told in a prophecy that he shall be king, Macbeth takes it upon himself to murder, Duncan, king of Scotland, after this murder though he has visions of blood on his hands, blood nothing could remove. As Macbeth becomes m...
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Crown Of Thorns Gothic Cathedral
1,246 wordsThe choice colors Sainte-Chapelle Sainte-Chapelle The choice colors of the painting, the costly gilding of the carving, the delicate translucency of the red glowing windows, the splendid altar carvings, the miracles working power of the sacred relics, and the decorations of the shrines sparkling with their precious stones lend this house of prayer such an intensity of adornment that entering one would think one had been transported to Heaven, setting foot in one of the finest rooms of Paradise (...
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