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The use of pointed arches helped relieve the weighted on different elements

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Unlike the common misconception of Gothic style being cold and dark the style was actually originally developed to bring sunshine and light into peoples lives and their churches

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the original Gothic style was actually developed to bring sunshine into peoples lives, and especially into their churches.

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The word "Gothic" was used after the architectural style was created.

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Gothic architecture was a step forward and allowed architects to grow out of the Romanesque style during a more calming time period

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Gothic style= detailed and complex building designs, evolved from Romanesque style, significant churches were built in Britain and France

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Pointed arches were important in the Gothic style, not only for looks but supported weight better than curved arches.

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Instead of having massive, drum-like columns like in Romanesque churches, the new columns could be more slender

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Pointed arches and ribbed vaulting are distinguishing features of Gothic architecture.

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People added to ribbed vaulting by adding cross ribs, making tierceron, and crossing it with lierne ribs.

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The new slender columns made it easier for there to be more windows, but along with that there were more intricate designs that made looking at the building harder to understand.

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The term "gothic" was originally used as an insult for this style of art because after everything shifted back into the classical era of neatness and rationality, the look of the gothic era was considered "vulgar".

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The panel of Abbey of Klosterneuberg located outside of Vienna shows the achievement of stained glass. The painting demonstrates how pure, supple lines communicate tenderness and delicacy.

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Even though the Abbey of Klosterneuberg piece of stained glass is small, its enormous amounts of detail and clarity makes it quite legible and visible from a distance.

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Stained glass is a widespread form of painting, that has inspired many.

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Stain glass is silver stain applied to the outside of the window. Allows light to shine through the painting. Began over 1,000 years ago but still used today.

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The arresting lunette(a half-moon shape) originally came from Reims Cathedral

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The intricate face of Saint John was painted utilizing paint on clear glass creating a light effect by gently thrusting a larger brush.

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there was a time when glass panes were too expensive for most people, only in the late 1400's did glass panels become wider-spread so that middle class people could have them in their homes-they started setting in smaller panels that would be amusing or instructive of their family history.

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During the Renaissance, light-filled rooms in homes were popular, and that is where secular panels like this were often installed.  You were meant to look through them, from your house or castle, out onto the outer world.

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During the Renaissance, light-filled rooms in homes were popular, and that is where secular panels like this were often installed.  You were meant to look through them, from your house or castle, out onto the outer world.

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By the late 1400s glass became more affordable, and houses were increasingly fitted with clear glass windows, sometimes inset with small stained-glass panels

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In Europe during the Renaissance large-scale stain glass production was flourishing

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The specific panels of the Crucifixion, and Saint Christopher and donor show the first principles to stain glass windows.

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It's quite small, but this silver-stained roundel of the Archangel Michael conquering Satan conveys an amazing sense of depth.

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The new ideas of architecture brought with it more elaborate examples of vaulting and ornamentation.

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Another wonderful aspect of these particular panels is the technique of flashed glass where you see with the halo of the Christ child.

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By the 1400's, stained- glass windows had become so popular that almost every home consisted of at least one, and by the 1520's, the glass had become an industrial product.