Building the Great Cathedrals 1. The opening of the video shows a number of Gothic cathedrals. What are your impressions of the cathedrals? What do you notice about them? I think the cathedrals were made into to scary of a fashion. The Gargoyles and pointed banisters make the church seem more like a prison than somewhere to be welcomed‚ but the cathedrals nonetheless are such impressive structures. 2. How did Gothic architecture change from previous time periods? What was new about Gothic architecture
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The magnificent building of the Winter Palace is a masterpiece of another great Italian architect B. Rastrelli. The Admiralty of the Russian architect A. Zakharoy also evokes the admiration of Peterburgers and their guests St Isaac’s Cathedral is the greatest cathedral in Russia. It belongs to the
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also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame‚ is a historic Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris‚ France. The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world. The naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture. As the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris
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Edgar Allan Poe is incredibly famous for his dark themes of agony and death. In particular‚ The Raven‚ features a man slowly becoming mad after losing his love‚ Lenore. The speaker begins to speak to himself while sitting alone in his house. He hears a tapping outside the front door. He opens the door only to find no one there and blames the tapping on the wind against the windows. After opening the window‚ a raven flies in‚ and the speaker begins to talk to the crow. The crow only knows one
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stained-glass images in Chartres Cathedral: the building wasn’t just built without a plan or the art didn’t just happen‚ it is a systematic creation using geometry (Crossley 232). Scholasticism is the main contributor to the use of geometry to organize how the Cathedral was built. Briefly described‚ scholasticism is taking events‚ concepts‚ or miracles‚ that we can’t understand‚ and organizing a structured argument to provide an explanation. In the Chartres Cathedral‚ the architecture and art not
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Rick Rubio Art Humanities Professor John 2 October 2013 Cathedral of Saint John the Divine The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is simply breathtaking. From the exterior to the interior of the cathedral‚ you can find plentiful amounts of highly sophisticated bodies of work. Before laying a foot inside‚ the massive bronze doors containing forty-eight relief panels depicting scenes from the Old and New Testament catches the eyes of many. Also‚ many note the exquisite statues and carvings of
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from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene‚ nylon‚ etc.‚ that can be molded into shape while soft‚ and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form. “Plastic causes pollution‚ and it also causes harm to animals and marine life”(Bethany Wieman and Demand Media‚ 24 May 2014). Today the leading cause of pollution and harming people and animals are plastic bags. These days’ plastic bags are being used very often‚ in fact plastic bags are being used in people’s daily lives and that
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aren’t they doing anything about this? Many people in Parma want to know the answer to the same questions. Cincinnati also has active gangs. "Graffiti is a creeping problem in every neighborhood and in and on public buildings" said Mayor Roxanne Qualls of Cincinnati said. Graffiti is so bad that Star Bank has donated $25‚000 to have students to help clean up all the graffiti.2 The city made a group called
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Qualls‚ Barbara English 3‚ M/W Prof. Shannon 9/9/13 Gaming Video games‚ what many see as a time consuming‚ a waste of time and money‚ can have a violent affect on the human mind. Now‚ video games can be fun and we all see that they can be shared with people of all ages. Any adventure game such as; "Mario"‚ to any first person shooter such as "Call of Duty" can all have a impact on anyone ’s lives if allowed. Video games can be used for family fun time or a party too. Many view gaming as a waste
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Paul ’s Cathedral during this time a natural disaster happened in London burning most of the City. His main focus is put into the Cathedral the appointment of Royal Surveyor to Charles III. The difficulty in restoring the Cathedral standing in Wren ’s way was the Clergy‚ which had to approve his designs‚ but Wren found a way around the Clergy ’s watchful eye. Wren had to come up with a new design for St. Paul ’s. He also had to do so for about 51 other churches in the area‚ but the cathedral was his
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