ARH 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Reliquary, Wood Ash, Apse
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How did stain glass change through the earliest period through the 1940s. Windows reveal both what was once a figured vault and the intricate and supremely delicate sculpture of the canopies. Utopia hearts were lighter, churches were darker, by virtue of the many-coloured glass windows. Light has been the key throughout the whole span of the gothic century. Metaphysic of light" light has been seen as the primary creative force and as an analogue of the divine. Color is a secondary attribute to light (color=lumen) Examine the texts which more than any others have allowed what is an essentially 13th century aesthetic of light to be projected back into the 12th century. Suger - abbey church of st. denis. Capacity to transmit light is very much less than that of the contemporary grisaille developed by the cistercians. He was happy to place a mosaic panel in the tympanum of hsi west doorway even though it was contrary to modern custom".
