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They were particularly important in the high gothic cathedrals most.
The use of stained glass windows gained popularity during the mid 12.
During the art form s heyday between the 12th and 17th centuries ce stained glass depicted religious tales from the judeo christian bible or secular stories such as chaucer s canterbury tales.
Gothic was a style of architecture that developed in france around 1140 and spread throughout europe.
Stained glass windows were a prominent feature of towering gothic churches.
Some of them also featured geometric patterns in bands or abstract images often.
French gothic stained glass windows were an important feature of french gothic architecture particularly cathedrals and churches built between the 12th century and 16th century while stained glass had been used in french churches in the romanesque period the gothic windows were much larger eventually filling entire walls.
Window typically has a more complex design than that of a wheel window.
They were supplanted by painted glass and the lovely old stained glass was rejected as outdated.
Abbot suger of saint denis has been called the father of stained glass as it was he who first conceptualized the use of stained glass windows to create a heavenly light which was.
Throughout most of its over thousand years of history stained glass has been associated with glass panels and windows of significant constructions such as churches.
In the nineteenth century there was a resurgence of enthusiasm for gothic design and glass studios in britain made their variants of medieval windows for gothic recovery structures.
Rose window also called wheel window in gothic architecture decorated circular window often glazed with stained glass scattered examples of decorated circular windows existed in the romanesque period santa maria in pomposa italy 10th century only toward the middle of the 12th century however did the idea appear of making a rich decorative motif out of a round window.