building/power and fear Ambulatory and radiating chapels West side of the facade of laon cathedral Doorways are bog to welcome individuals Cathedral is a huge church and the height of the building is huge. And it has bearing walls(won’t cave in or out) Ribbed vault and quadrant arch Catherals are important to show that the large and all churches are important. Brings together social and religion Gothic period goes higher with its structure‚ openings of Windows get larger. This period is
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architecture of cathedrals‚ basilicas and abbey churches is characterized by the structures’ huge scale and trails one of numerous branching traditions of form‚ function and style that all ultimately derive from the Early Christian architectural traditions created in the Constantinian period. Architectural Styles There are many styles to architecture concerning the Catholic Church. These styles consist of Early Christian art and architecture‚ Byzantine architecture‚ Romanesque architecture‚ Gothic architecture
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In the short story Cathedral by Raymond Carter‚ the narrator is jealous of a blind man that has been touching his wife’s face. He seems to not understand his needs with his situation and with his background of not liking his job or the way his relationship is with his wife he becomes more insecure. As they begin bonding in some way Robert asks the narrator to explain to him what a cathedral is in order for him to visualize it. However‚ he wants it done through a drawing. With this the narrator begins
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Louise Nevelson— Sky Cathedral Presence Survey of World Art By Vyacheslav Borts The sculptress Louise Nevelson was a towering figure of American modernism. Born in 1899‚ she came to prominence in the late ‘50s‚ gaining renown for monochromatic structures built out of discarded wood. Critic Arthur C. Danto wrote‚ “There could be no better word for how Nevelson composed her work than bricolage—a French term that means making do with what is at hand.” (Danto 2007) Her pieces evolved and expanded
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The narrator of the story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver has never met someone who was blind until Robert came to visit. Robert has been a friend of the narrator ’s wife for the past ten years and is spending the night because he has not seen her for such a long time‚ but this bothers the narrator. He does not regard a blind man as a normal person with whom he can relate with‚ and is extremely uncomfortable with the idea of having to socialize with one for an entire evening. The narrator is stereotypical
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“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is set in 1983 in the narrator’s house somewhere In New York. The story starts with the narrator telling us about his wife’s old friend that was blind. The narrator tells us about how the blind man’s wife had died. The blind man then contacted the narrator’s wife. Arrangements were made and then the blind man was coming to spend the night at the narrators house. He would come to New York from his in laws in Connecticut by a 5-hour train ride. The blind and the wife always
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Charlemagne was a period of innovative buildings‚ using the Romanesque architecture‚ which gave rise to the architecture of the Romanesque period. Many works of art were constructed in France during this period such as Gothic style cathedrals‚ an example of which is Chartres Cathedral‚ St. Sernin‚ Toulouse and Ste-Madeleine Church Vézelay. The term Romanesque comes from the buildings of the Roman Empire. The Romanesque style incorporates elements
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Literary Analysis paper - Cathedral "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver tells us short story about a blind man who comes to visit his friend and her husband. In the story‚ even though the husband can technically see and has a normal sight‚ in the beginning of the story he is the one who shows the signs of true "blindness" through inability to see Robert beyond his blindness‚ incapability to communicate with Robert‚ him feeling uncomfortable and acting awkward around Robert. The husband does
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Reflection on Cathedral In a short story named Cathedral by Raymond Carver‚ he discusses about an unnamed man who is doubtful to his wife’s blind friend named Robert‚ he used to be the boss of her. One day he came to stay at their house because he was invited by the wife‚ and the wife invited him because he lost his wife and she wanted him to spend some time with them. The husband was feeling so uncomfortable because of the visit of Robert. The husband met the blind man‚ and he was acting in an
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feature in most cathedrals. The rose-window was popular throughout the thirteenth century. These windows were decorated with God‚ Christ or the Virgin in the center and were surrounded by the cosmos. The shimmering‚ colored light was a representation of the heavenly city of Jerusalem as it was described in the Book of Revelations‚ as a city of gold and precious stones. An example of this work is the famous Rose Window for Chartres Cathedral‚ or the Cathedral of
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