St John the Divine
Rick Rubio
Art Humanities
Professor John
2 October 2013
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is simply breathtaking. From the exterior to the interior of the cathedral, you can find plentiful amounts of highly sophisticated bodies of work. Before laying a foot inside, the massive bronze doors containing forty-eight relief panels depicting scenes from the Old and New Testament catches the eyes of many. Also, many note the exquisite statues and carvings of saints and Jesus all along the Western Front of the Cathedral. Once inside, the enormous pilier-cantonnés stand along the nave aisle, where it erects up into the ceiling. Eventually, the columns meet with one another at four angles, creating a quadripartite vault in the nave ceiling. The stained glass windows that lines the entire cathedral strikes your retina at all different angles as you rotate your body. A little beyond the crossing, the high altar contains a magnificent cross, as well as an iron tomb of the man who founded the cathedral. If you focus the eyes just behind the choir, you will glare at seven stunning radial chapels—each one representing an apostle, a patron, or immigrant. But out of all the marvelous artwork within and outside the chapel, there was one particular window that caught my attention. The West Rose window hangs right above the bronze doors of the Western façade of the cathedral. The window is built from ten thousand pieces of stained glass. Standing outside and looking into the rose window, you see only gold outlines of a very intricate pattern. From an outside perspective, the window resembles an eye. Interestingly, looking from the inside of the cathedral, you will see those patterns filled in with vibrant stained glass that follows some geometric pattern. The position in which the rose window is situated has some importance. The window faces the sun during the afternoon and whiles the sun sets. Also, from the inside, the rose window
Art Humanities
Professor John
2 October 2013
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is simply breathtaking. From the exterior to the interior of the cathedral, you can find plentiful amounts of highly sophisticated bodies of work. Before laying a foot inside, the massive bronze doors containing forty-eight relief panels depicting scenes from the Old and New Testament catches the eyes of many. Also, many note the exquisite statues and carvings of saints and Jesus all along the Western Front of the Cathedral. Once inside, the enormous pilier-cantonnés stand along the nave aisle, where it erects up into the ceiling. Eventually, the columns meet with one another at four angles, creating a quadripartite vault in the nave ceiling. The stained glass windows that lines the entire cathedral strikes your retina at all different angles as you rotate your body. A little beyond the crossing, the high altar contains a magnificent cross, as well as an iron tomb of the man who founded the cathedral. If you focus the eyes just behind the choir, you will glare at seven stunning radial chapels—each one representing an apostle, a patron, or immigrant. But out of all the marvelous artwork within and outside the chapel, there was one particular window that caught my attention. The West Rose window hangs right above the bronze doors of the Western façade of the cathedral. The window is built from ten thousand pieces of stained glass. Standing outside and looking into the rose window, you see only gold outlines of a very intricate pattern. From an outside perspective, the window resembles an eye. Interestingly, looking from the inside of the cathedral, you will see those patterns filled in with vibrant stained glass that follows some geometric pattern. The position in which the rose window is situated has some importance. The window faces the sun during the afternoon and whiles the sun sets. Also, from the inside, the rose window