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Jess,
I must agree that these windows do draw attention to them and catches the eye and attention of people all the time. It amazes me how they tell a story to the views as well.I can agree when you said that Christianity seems to be a trend, even in todays time it seems to be that way. However now its not just Christinaity but other religions as well.
Just as any other thing through these eras, the higher classes were able to partake more in a private devotion than those of a lower class. The wealthy had the funds and means to be able have private spaces, spiritual objects, and bibles to be able to be apart and do devotions on a daily bases where as the lower class was only able to get their devotions in when they could. Even though the two classes had to go about different ways for their devotions they both was able to be apart devotions which is a plus in my eyes. It was like they didn’t care how or where they was going to get their devotions from but as longs as they did and as longs as others saw that they did.
These stained glass windows in churches was to enhance the lighting and beauty of the insides of churches. It was also to symbolism and tell the narrative stories of Christ to its viewers. In Gothic churches it was to replace the thick dark walls of Romanesque cathedrals to thin towering walls of colors. I also read that some of the colors in stained glass windows having a meaning behind them. Like the color red represents the blood of Christ, blue represents the sky, green is for the color of grass and nature, violet symbolizes love, truth, and passion, white represents purity, black is tied to death and regeneration, yellow symbolizes power, divinity, and glory, purple symbolizes suffering and endurance, gray is a symbol of humility and mourning, brown is the symbol of spiritual of death and renunciation of worldly things and will the Rainbow is to symbolizes union and God’s covenant with humanity. It amazes me how they use all these colors to tell a story and draw the attention of people from all walks of life rather they are a believer or not, theses stained glass windows where put in place to draw the attention and tell a story as the sun light shines in making the beauty enhance.
Great point and way to put what most people are in search for these places. also thanks for sharing your experiences and the website as well.
A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person’s beliefs and faith, although sometimes it can be a metaphorical journey into someone’s own beliefs.
Churches changed to may these travelers by making adding more seating and quiet areas where travelers came visit during their Mass hours etc and wouldn’t distract the services that is going on. Most of these travels ore either visiting learning about different cultures or they are on a solitary trip where they want to get away on get on another spiritual level with their higher power. Or some go to these churches looking for healing and conformation on something that had already came to them.
in this weeks wing I noticed that they used the art to tell the stories of how the different classes played apart in their religion. It show that the upper class was the ruler of many things but yet the lower classes were able to be apart of the religion. It also seem as a insult to the lower class as well to a certain point. Its like they thought that people wouldn’t be smart enough understand the religion through just writing so they was to somewhat dumb it down in picture forms. I don’t I could be wrong though.
I to agree that they used the art to explain there religion and for their people to grow closer to their religion through the art.
I can’t agree with your more on how the art did mainly display religion or religious views. It also seem to be true that the art was more so telling a story in many different ways. I also do agree that the classical period had very little influence on this ear of art than most people would think it had.
I must agree with you that some of the buildings from this time is simply beautiful and worth looking at. However I also do find some a bit questionable as well. If I was to see these buildings without knowing the back ground behind them I would have ever thought these where places to worship.
Taking a look at The Trinity and the Magdeburg Ivories I must say that Byzantine era was a big influence on the Early Medieval era. If you would to compare the two and the similarities you can see how in each art piece there are people standing around either their god or a icon of their era. In both these times it seems that they enjoyed gathering in groups to talk about things or worship god which ever they prefer. The manuscripts wasn’t exactly the same but they were pretty close.
after reviewing the Medieval wing I can understand why it is called the “Dark Ages”. My opinion is to believe because of there choice of coloring use. I noticed that the artist chose to use darker coloring during this era, and that the architecture of the different Churches and Cathedrals. Say for instance the Stave Churches, I mean would you think it would be a church or would you think it to be a place of dark maybe even evil. However on the brighter side the art is appealing and worth exploring and learning the history of it all.
I can agree with you about how they didn’t care about the perfection of the art but instead cared more about the importance of the message and religion. Also thank you for pointing out how most art back than was more 2D never viewed it like that or thought to view it like that
After exploring the Byzantine Art and the Roman Art it seems to me that Byzantine artist were more focus on sending a message to the people rather than focusing on the detail and perfection of their art. They wanted to tell us the people about their gods and icons example would be that Virgin with the son angles and icons, and about Christianity and why people should practice this religion. As for the Roman art was more focus displaying the perfection and realism of art as a whole for example is shows in the buildings of their temples and other buildings.
