Rayonnant was a very refined style of Gothic Architecture which appeared in France in the 13th century. It was the defining style of the High Gothic period...
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Tracery (section Rayonnant Gothic)
open spandrels above the lights into a variety of decorative shapes. Rayonnant style (c. 1230–c. 1350) was enabled by the development of bar tracery...
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choir (1210–1250) Rayonnant: west front of Strasbourg Cathedral (1277–1490) Rayonnant: Sainte-Chapelle upper level (1238-1248) Rayonnant – angel's choir...
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Basilica of Saint-Denis (section Reconstruction of the Nave – the Rayonnant style – beginning of the Royal Necropolis (13th century))
master-builder Pierre de Montreuil rebuilt the nave and the transepts in the new Rayonnant Gothic style. The abbey church became a cathedral on the formation of...
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French Gothic architecture (section Rayonnant Gothic – Sainte-Chapelle and the rose windows of Notre-Dame)
western parts of Amiens Cathedral, are included in High Gothic. Gothique rayonnant (Shining Gothic), from the second third of 13th century to the first half...
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early example of the High Gothic period, and the Rayonnant style of Gothic architecture. The Rayonnant appeared in the triforiuum and clerestory, which...
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León Cathedral, an example of Rayonnant Gothic, completed in three phases from the 13th to 15th centuries...
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during the High Gothic period, the Rayonnant style was predominant. Notable High Gothic cathedrals in the Rayonnant style included Reims Cathedral, Amiens...
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Rayonnant rose window in Notre-Dame de Paris. In Gothic architecture, light was considered "the source and actual essence of all that is beautiful", which...
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and is also utilised with specific reference to Our Lady of the Rosary. Rayonnant Gothic: The rose windows are divided by mullions radiating from a central...
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The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. It was commissioned by King Louis IX of...
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from each other; and, in point of honor, ovoid argent over all the sun rayonnant with eight minor and lesser rays. Beneath shall be the scroll with the...
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IX in the 1230s. The Saint Louis chapel at the castle belongs to the Rayonnant phase of French Gothic architecture. A 1238 charter of Louis IX instituting...
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Lo Mavéli (Lö Mahavéli) or Le Volcan rayonnant (The radiant volcano), the unofficial flag of Réunion from 2003 used officially by various local authorities...
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clothing became more realistic. Historians later gave the period the name Rayonnant. Important early examples include the west rose window of Notre-Dame de...
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Gothic cathedrals and churches (section High Gothic and Rayonnant Gothic – France (Thirteenth Century))
(early 16th century). Reims Cathedral, Rayonnant north transept rose window (1211–1345) Notre Dame de Paris, Rayonnant north transept window (about 1250)...
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architecture, it is widely considered to be among the finest examples of Rayonnant Gothic architecture. Architect Erwin von Steinbach is credited for major...
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the mid-13th century, when the transepts were remodelled in the latest Rayonnant style; in the late 1240s Jean de Chelles added a gabled portal to the...
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Jerusalem in the St Nicholas Cathedral in Famagusta. The building is built in Rayonnant Gothic style, quite rare outside France, though "mediated through buildings...
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phase of Gothic style, preceded by Primary Gothic, Classic Gothic and Rayonnant Gothic. British and American historians describe it as a period of Late...
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Cité in the centre of Paris. The Sainte Chapelle, a prime example of the Rayonnant style of Gothic architecture, was erected as a shrine for the Crown of...
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dictionary. Gothic cathedrals and churches Gothic architecture High Gothic Rayonnant Cathedral architecture Pinnacle (geology) On the uncertainty of the meaning...
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engineer, Nicolas de Bonaventure, was appointed, adding to the church its Rayonnant Gothic. Galeazzo gave the Fabbrica del Duomo exclusive use of the marble...
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of the Gothic era who worked in Reims, France. He contributed to the Rayonnant Gothic style, and notably directed the building of the Old Church of Saint-Nicaise...
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Recherches physico-mecaniques sur la chaleur, and Essai sur le calorique rayonnant. Radiative equilibrium Prevost, Pierre (April 1791). "Mémoire sur l'équilibre...
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"Salut ma patrie", "Floralies-florilèges" and "Environnement, tropiques rayonnants". Édouard Glissant: novelist awarded the prix Renaudot in 1958. He is...
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style of architecture. Apart from Milan Cathedral, (influenced by French Rayonnant Gothic), few Italian churches show the emphasis on vertical, the clustered...
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galleries had no exterior windows. Triforia with windows are typical for Rayonnant Gothic, which was initiated in 1231 by the reconstruction of the upper...
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Saint-Epvre Basilica [sɛ̃.t‿ɛvʁ] in Nancy, France, is a basilica from the Rayonnant neogothic style, built in the 19th century by the architect Prosper Morey...
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the church and the cloister are his doing. His style was essentially Rayonnant Gothic; however, there are influences from the English Perpendicular Period...
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