Divine Light and Gothic Architecture

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Saint-Denis, outside Paris, 1135 - 44 

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Notre-Dame, Paris, 1160 - 1260

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Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 1248  

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Virgin and Child, Sainte-Chapelle, 13th century (Musée du Louvre, Paris) 

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Gloucester Cathedral, England, transept ca. 1328 - 35  

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>Rose window</span></span></p>

Rose window

a circular window divided into segments and articulated by tracery

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>Tracery</span></span></p>

Tracery

thin bars and ribs of stone in gothic windows; the term can also refer to intricate line decoration on walls 

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>Rayonnant Gothic</span></span></p>

Rayonnant Gothic

a style of Gothic architecture characterized by smaller scale buildings and intricate detail

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span>Perpendicular Gothic</span></span></p>

Perpendicular Gothic

a style of Gothic architecture characterized by strong vertical lines

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Annunciation

the biblical moment in which the Virgin Mary learns that she is going to have the Christ child