Stained Glass Windows

Gothic Cathedrals

By Michelle Cardenas

Gothic Cathedrals

•Life revolved around faith •Place to celebrate life •Central place for business •Commemoration of…

•Heroes • Villains •Bishops • Kings •Donors •Common people

Stained Glass

•Process •Pattern •Cut •Grind •Foil •Lay out •Solder •Finish

Chartres Cathedral

• Chartres, France

• High Gothic

• 1193-1250 AD

Chartres-Windows

• 64 sections

• Original 152 of 186

• 21,000 square feet

• Flying buttress

Chartres-Subject

• Biblical stories

• Legends of the saints

• Lives of heroes

• Medieval life

Chartres – West end

• Rose Window 43 feet in diameter

• 3 Lancets

– Passion

– Incarnation

– Tree of Jesse

Chartres-Other important windows

• North Rose

• South Rose

• Blue Virgin

Amiens Cathedral

• Amiens, Picardie, France • High Gothic • Tallest Gothic church • Largest cathedral in France • Double flying buttresses

Amiens-West window

• Aka “Flamboyant”

• Main entrance

Amiens-East window

• Choir and alter

North transept

• North window

• Flamboyant

South transept

• No stained glass windows

Virgin’s chapel

• Right side of west facade

Notre-Dame Cathedral

• Paris, France

• Most popular monument

• Aka “Our Lady of Paris”

• Flying buttresses

Notre Dame-West Rose window

• Approximately 33 feet in diameter

• Mostly original glass

• Blocked by the great organ

• Theme-Human life

Notre Dame-South Rose window

• Installed around 1260

• Approximately 42 feet in diameter

• Themes

– New Testament

– Triumph of Christ

– The number four

Notre Dame-North Rose window

• Installed 1250 AD

• 42 feet in diameter

• Theme-Old Testament with Virgin & child

Notre Dame-Other windows

• Use of fours

Works Cited

• Cathedral. Narr. David Macaulay. Videocassette. PBS Home Video, 1985.

• Davies, Penelope J.E., et al. Janson’s History of Art: The Western Tradition. 7th ed. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.

• Hayes, Holly. “Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris.” Sacred Destinations. 29 Mar. 2010. Web. 3 Dec. 2010. <http://www.sacreddestinations.com/france/paris-notre- dame-cathedral>.

• Kleiner, Fred S. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Concise Western History. 2nd ed. United States: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010.

• Suncatchers and More. n.p. Web. 4 April 2011. <http//:suncatchersandmore.com/designing.php>.

• Wilson, Christopher. The Gothic Cathedral. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1990.