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Abbot Suger
Gothic Cathedrals
Usage of Stain Glass
Stain Glass Images
Stain Glass Color Symbolism
100
Abbot Suger's remodeling of Saint-Denis marked the beginning of __________ Architecure.
What is Gothic?
100
The "sermons in glass" that can be seen in Gothic Churches is known as ____________.
What is stained glass?
100
The exact origin of stained glass is unknown. Although many historians agree that stained glass began primarily as a _____________ art form.
What is Christian?
100
Look at this image. This stained glass window miraculously survived the devastating fire of the Chartres Cathedral in 1194. Name this stained glass image. ( You may use your book if necessary) HINT...pg. 349.
What is "Virgin and Child and angels". (Notre Dame de la Belle Verriere)?
100
In stain glass images, this color means "innocence and purity".
What is white?
200
Abbot Suger is often referred to as the "Father of _______"
What is stain glass?
200
The name of the large circular stained glass window, a decorative focal point of most Gothic Cathedrals is the ______________.
What is the rose window?
200
Stained Glass windows owe much of their design and themes to those early paintings and religious arts of the ______________ and Christian churches of the ____________>
What is Byzantine, and churches of the Middle East?
200
Look at the image presented. Name this Cathedral in which most of the interior retains the original stained glass.
What is the Chartres Cathedral?
200
In stain glass images, this color means "the blood of Christ."
What is red?
300
As a result of the rennovatioin of Saint-Denis initiated by Abbot Suger, stain glass windows began to be considered both ___________ and ______________.
What is functional and inspirational?
300
The name given to the outside support stystem that diverts the weight of the massive roof away from the walls making the use of large stain glass window possible is knows as _______________.
What is flying buttresses?
300
Although stained glass windows had been in existence for several hundred years, they had been neither readily available nor affordable. With the advancements in construction, stained glass eventually replaced ________ and _________ on church walls
What are wall space and paintings?
300
Look at this image. This is an example of the circular stained glass window that adorns many Gothic Cathedrals.
What is the rose window?
300
In stain glass images, this color means " hope; love of divine works; sincerity."
What is blue?
400
It was Suger's opinion that the Gothic Cathedrals should be an intergral part of religious observance to induce awe, and inspire worship. Upon seeing the diffused ethereal light dancing through the bits of colored stained glass, Suger coined the term _____________ meaning "new light"
What is "lux nova"?
400
Gothic Cathedrals differ from Romanesque Cathedrals.List one architectural element of Gothic Cathedrals and explain its purpose in Gothic Cathedrals
What are the use of stained glass windows to allow more light; ribbed vaulting that allowed for greather space; flying buttresses and arches that allowed for greater height;
400
Stainglass was intended to communicate _____________ which will "evoke a sensory experience in which the invisible becomes visible"
What is abstract theological truths?
400
Look at this image. Name this French Gothic Cathedral which features many stained glass windows.
What is Notre- Dame?
400
In stain glass images, this color means "death and regeneration."
What is black?
500
Suger often referred to the stain glass windows of Gothic Cathedrals as the ______________.
What is "the Bible of the Poor"?
500
One of few Gothic Cathedrals that reatains its original stained glass window is the _________________.
What is the Chartres Cathedral?
500
As a result of Suger's foresight, the art of making stained glass is know as painting with _________.
What is light?
500
Work in colored glass is an art of many disciplines. In addition to its technical progression, this medium carried rich ___________________ and _______________.
What is symbolism and iconography?
500
In stain glass images, these two colors mean "power & glory; the gates of heaven; halo of the saints."
What are gold and yellow