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| The barral vault in the nave of the church, Romaneqsue period. Expanded on appearance of early Christian churches. Huge, tall and vaulted. Evoke awe. |
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| St. Denis. Abbot Suger is the person that baid for it, Precurser to gothic art and architecture. Pilgrimage, had to make church bigger to accomdate pilgirms who where going on spiritual and physical journey. |
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| Doors of St. Denis. Embody jesus on judgment day. Tympanum. Right above the door. Christ seated in judgment in front of the cross. Left are all of the sinners and on the Right are all of the blessed. Disciples are also there who are blessed by christ. People walk through the doors and become enlightened and the doors tell a story. Pilgrimage: Pilgrims were rich and poor, this was their first impression. Suger put himself at feet of Christ. |
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| St. Denis. Jesse at the bottom and Jesus on the top. Jesus came from normal people but also from a King and it's royal lineage, he is from humble birth but also from royality. Connection between his humanity and his divinity. |
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St. Denis. 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit. He is taking the veil from Synagoga, clarifies because jesus was the masiah. Anagogical Window. Themes: Old testemant supporting the new testmant.
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| Mystic Mill. St. Denis. This is reflecting the old testemant supporting the new testemant through one giving grains to another one. |
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| Sardonyx Chalice. Symbolic of chastity. Red and white symbolize wine and water from Christ's side when he died.Red is blood of christ Blue is water. Shows the churchs power because they got money and connections. Jewels symbolize 1) moneyyyy 2) connections 3) Legitamacy 4)Connection between the material and the immaterial and they go through transformation and become godly. |
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| Lothar Cross. Materials reflect glory of triumph of cross. Jewels remnant of garden of eden, direct connection between past and start of christianity. 12 types of jewels are the 12 tribes of israel, old testament with the new testament. |
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| St. Pierre, Moissac Portal. Tympanum is more dark. Jesus and the four things that represent matthew, mark, john and luke. Twisting and turning. |
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| Chartres Cathedral. Humanity of Jesus. All three Tympanums relate to Christ, one on right is Naitivity scene and mary is at the bottom lyin on bed. Resembles alter. Middle: Christ and the 4 animals are mark, john, luke and matthew and underneith are the disipcles. Left: Ascention of Jesus. Top of it is the labors of the months/ zodiac, everyday work. Themes: Connection to common man. Jesus is the door to the kingdom of heaven. Material to immaterial. |
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| Lancet Windows. Chartres. Survived the fire, left is the passion of Christ, Reserection, passion comes from word that means to suffer. Center is nativitiy scene. Virgin Mary: Mother of Jesus, and the nurturer of everyone, and the connection between human and god. |
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| Ross window. Old testement supports the New Testement. Mary and the bb is in the center. Surrounded by four doves and eight angles. 5 Lacet windows, Melchior, king david, anne and mary and king soloman. Vehicle to ascent to higher world heavenly city of god. vision of gods paradise. |
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