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Stained Glass in Gothic Cathedrals
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Stained Glass in Gothic Cathedrals
Religious significance, features, colors, content (Biblical stories), cost, in 12th-13th Cent.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages) |
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1996
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"The purpose of building Gothic cathedrals was to build a temple worthy of God. In the twelfth century, bishops became independent of the secular power and took their destiny, and that of the Church, into their own hands. The growing power and prestige of the bishops combined with the architectural development of the flying buttress and rib vaulting enabled the building of the great Gothic Cathedrals. Stained glass work attained its epiphany in the windows of these Gothic cathedrals. The stained glass windows constructed during the thirteenth century are considered some of the finest examples of this art..."More papers on Stained Glass in Gothic Cathedrals:
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