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Stain glass was made pretty much how it is made today. A pattern is made, the glass is cut on the pattern and then it is put together with lead. Of course the glass its self is made differently and the patterns used were all religious. A "glazier" made the glass and a "glass painter" drew the details and finished the window. Many times they were the same people. Glaziers worked closely with masons, carpenters, and smiths on various buildings and they were also used to maintain and repair windows. One of the first structures to be redesigned in the Gothic style was Sanit-Denis, north of Paris and the windows were added at this time as an important part of the life and faith of the community. Stain glass embodied the way people viewed their relationship to God. The theme of light appears over and over in The Bible, so light was connected to God and the light passing through the windows was a visible reminder of the divine.
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What years were the gothic literature period?
The Gothic period of literature lasted about 100 years. It began in the latter part of the 18th century and ended about 1900.
What is gothic renaissance mean?
The Gothic Renaissance was a time period during the European Renaissance where gothic art started popping up every where. There is gothic architecture all over Europe and it is defined usually by the use of a pointed arch. Also rib vaults, buttresses and large windows.
What was the gothic period and culture?
The heyday of Gothic styles in architecture was about 1180-1500 or possibly 1550ish in some regions. Gothic styles - and the movement was above all architectural - became increasingly ornate and elaborate after about 1380-1400. The style was most fully developed in Northern and Central Europe - France, Britain, Central Europe (as far east as Transylvania) - and also parts of Italy, Spain and Portugal. Key features included: flying buttresses to support the walls and roofs. This allowed for large stained glass windows. Another key feature was the pointed arch (as opposed to the round arch inherited from ancient Rome); also large areas devoted to the choir, screens shutting off the choir and sancturary from the nave; spire (on top of towers). Gothic architecture (except perhaps at the end, when it became playful) tended to make churches dark and mysterious places of awe, sometimes even with a whiff of the uncanny. In painting, 'Gothic' art sometimes tended to be two-dimensional. Note that the term 'Gothic' was first used after about 1530 and meant something like 'barbaric'. From about 1770 onwwards there was a 'Gothic revival', with Gothic and pseudo-Gothic styles again popular. Two outstanding examples in Britain are the Houses of Parliament and St Pancras Station. 1. Gothic horror novels were a separate, literary development from the 1760s onwards. Please see link below. 2. The modern 'Goth cult' is something different again. Please see link below. (It has a section discussing the development of the terms Gothic and Goth).
When did gothic architecture start?
The gothic era started sometime in the early to mid 1300s. Gothic art and architecture continued to be very popular until the 1600s.
What is a Gothic Church?
Gothic era is divided into three periods:Early English Gothic (1189 - 1272)Decorated Gothic (1272 - 1377)Perpendicular Gothic (1377 - 1547)Each has distinct patterns, designs and art forms.
