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
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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
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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
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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
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Cathedral. Narr. David Macaulay. Videocassette. PBS Home Video, 1985.
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Davies, Penelope J.E., et al. Janson’s History of Art: The Western Tradition. 7th ed.
New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.
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Hayes, Holly. “Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris.” Sacred Destinations. 29 Mar. 2010.
Web. 3 Dec. 2010. <http://www.sacreddestinations.com/france/paris-notredame-cathedral>.
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Kleiner, Fred S. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Concise Western History. 2nd ed.
United States: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010.
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Suncatchers and More. n.p. Web. 4 April 2011.
<http//:suncatchersandmore.com/designing.php>.
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Wilson, Christopher. The Gothic Cathedral. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1990.