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RE: Lucas Warthen
It makes sense! They were both created with the same need of devotion, but just created for different people and needs. Regardless, I’m glad both exist as a testament to the gothic era.RE: sjsaccomen
That’s a good point you brought up. It’s almost a religious monopoly where the disadvantaged will not have the same opportunities as those with wealth or power. We see this still happening to this day, I think, but it also shows the innovation of the lower classes with the objects they created as well.As always, the higher classes will have the advantages of being able to purchase or commission religious objects and things for their devotional purposes. However, the lower glasses and common people were also known to have some sort of object related to their religion; be it rosaries, idols, tapestries. What we see is the rich being able to afford specific spaces for devotional purposes (like the private chapels), as well as having the advantage of being able to read ornate bibles and such. Christianity almost seemed like a trend at this point because many things were manifested to prove higher worship than another. In a way, it is reminiscent of previous eras where nobility would liken themselves unto the divine.
RE: Lucas Warthen
I can see how the presence of God can be felt with the use of stained glass in churches. No matter where you are, it gives a feeling of reverence, divinity, and awe when you see beautiful and large stained glass. I certainly associate it with higher powers, which was the desired effect like you said.RE: csayreswoody
I think it’s really cool that when we think of stained glass, we immediately think of churches. They go hand in hand with each other because it was such a great innovation. Like you said, it enhanced the lighting and used certain colors– lots of symbolism in this innovation.With Abbot Sugar’s innovation, it inspired many churches architecture that help define gothic art as we know it. When walking into a church with stained glass windows, one can’t help but feel that they are in a significant holy place with the gentle light and illuminated glass art. This helped give an aura of divinity but was also utilitarian; it helped the structure stabilize so there was less of a need to use heavy stones. I think the most important part of the stained glass was letting in light. If we look at romanesque and byzantine churches, there is not much light and it’s difficult to see the mosaics. Using stained glass was, in a way, a mosaic with the addition of lighting. Undoubtedly, this is a big defining factor for gothic style and architecture.
RE: Kaitlyn
Oh, I didn’t know that about the doomsday thing! I enjoyed readying your response; it was very thorough and concise.RE: Maggie May
Oh, that sounds really neat. I hear Lithuania has some really beautiful architecture. It’s really interesting to me that the way the churches set up pilgrimage actually worked in a tourism fashion.Pilgrimage was something very important in Europe. It was meant to travel and visit many churches and important religious points. The churches utilized these paths and were all along a specific pilgrimage travel play (in a sense) which helped the pilgrims travel in a cohesive manner to see these specific points. It was a way to show devotion to God and to have his blessings, but was also a means to repent or visit some interesting points during travel. In a way, it was like another baptism. During this time I imagine it was a lot like tourism, and the churches and surrounding points would benefit economically from this pilgrimage boom.
RE: Bob Hook
I can only imagine the awe it must put into those that are illiterate or otherwise unexposed to such grand artwork when they walk through the entry portal in Conques. Even the frightening things depicted would still inspire a person to become converted or devoted to the Christian religion.RE: Raven Shaw
Oh my gosh, these made me laugh. I love Sherlock but I never got to see these memes. Thanks for posting those, and your had a great response — such as how churches help hold culture of older civilizations.During this era, the privilege of becoming literate belonged mostly to scholars and religious people. Those of the lower class were not literate, so the churches and art in the medieval era depict art of the stories within the bible and of christianity. The art of the churches serves both the lower class and higher classes by acting as something to gather around, pilgrimage, and become educated about. This helped popularize and spread the Christian religion. The visual power of medieval art inspired and educated all those that got to view it. I attribute the amazing art and architecture of Christianity for it’s huge and fast spread.
RE: Miranda Johannson
Oh my goodness, the colors on that are beautiful! I love it very much. I never imagined how much the sculpture would come to life with the addition of color on to it.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ALXKVavBTv4u5v4c5aodAC-xnc5FmE-a/view?usp=sharing Here is the paper, and here is the visual part of the project!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HBACObD8zL2OtEZXyZCKzdN0mzLUGFef/view?usp=sharingI had so much fun doing this. I did a recreation of the Nike of Samothrace, the beautiful marble sculpture we saw in the hellenistic period. I recreated it with watercolor & ink on paper, and changed her wings out for bat wings. I wanted to incorporate both Christian elements and Greek elements in attempts to kind of link the two vastly different parts of history together, and I drew inspiration from the works and illustrations of Gustave Dore. I’m sorry this is late and I hope you guys like it.
