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Rose Windows

Rose Windows. Rose Windows:. A circular window often found in Gothic Churches. Occasionally called “wheel windows”. Rose Windows:. Still found as a major architectural feature in large churches today. Rose Windows:. Wheel Windows:

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Rose Windows

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  1. Rose Windows

  2. Rose Windows: • A circular window often found in Gothic Churches. • Occasionally called “wheel windows”

  3. Rose Windows: • Still found as a major architectural feature in large churches today

  4. Rose Windows: • Wheel Windows: • Simple windows with a tracery of spokes radiating from the center

  5. Beverly Minster Rose Window

  6. Beverly Minster Rose Window

  7. Rose Windows: • Early Gothic: • Overlapping arcs like flower petals, circles or squares.

  8. Laon Cathedral

  9. Laon Cathedral

  10. Rose Windows: • Rayonnant Gothic: • Divided from center with overlapping, complex designs. • Often pointed arches were a feature.

  11. Bristol Cathedral

  12. Bristol Cathedral

  13. Bristol Cathedral

  14. Rose Windows: • Flamboyant Gothic: • Designed with overlapping S-curves to give a flame-like appearance.

  15. Sainte Chapelle

  16. Sainte Chapelle

  17. Sainte Chapelle

  18. Rose Windows: • Other examples:

  19. Bangor, Maine

  20. Mosaic of Emperor Justinian

  21. Prague

  22. Salinas, California

  23. Rheims Cathedral

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