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    From the beginning of time‚ beautiful cathedrals have been towering above buildings; still survive with their astonishing appearance. In doing this paper I was never aware of anything called “Gothic Cathedrals”. Only by 1400 has the Gothic been the universal style of building in the western‚ its creative thought was in northern France in an area. The Gothic Age marked the end to an age of chaos‚ mostly caused by the sacking of the Vikings. In this time; a very religious age‚ with money throughout

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    Comparison and Contrast of Two Gothic Cathedrals Gothic Style is some of the most beautiful works of art that man have ever made. It originated with the Romanesque style of building which lasted for about one hundred years before it was replaced by Gothic styles. The founder of the Gothic style was a man by the name of Abbot Suger. Notre Dame de Chartres cathedral was built in France between 1145 and 1513 and is Gothic architecture. Another Gothic architecture is the Bourges and it is

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    transformed into the Gothic style during the Middle Ages. This happened for many reasons. The Romanesque period was a time of trial and error while the Gothic period was a time of advancements in inventions. Religion was an important factor in the shift between Romanesque and Gothic. The locations of the two types of cathedrals also contributed toward the change between Romanesque and Gothic‚ as well as the power of the relics and the community to raise funds for the Gothic cathedrals. There are several

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    Cathedrals During the medieval time period‚ peasants were affected by Gothic art‚ architecture‚ and music‚ because many peasants were illiterate. They could only learn about God’s word by symbols and hearing music. Also‚ during the medieval time period‚ peasants were not allowed to own a Bible‚ so they couldn’t learn by reading the bible even if they knew how to read. Cathedrals during this time period had many symbols that showed Christ through the symbols. Some ways were through music‚ architecture

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    How does a Lens Refract Light? Different Lenses refract light in different ways. First‚ we will look at a double convex lens. Several light rays will approach the convex lens in a parallel manner. After they approach the lens‚ each ray will refract towards the normal. The light is passing from an optical less dense medium (Air) into a more dense medium (such as plastic or glass) at this boundary. Since the light rays are passing the boundary from a less dense medium in which light travels fast (optically

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    My Gothic Victorian Story is called John Charrington’s wedding by Edith Nesbit. The book was distributed in 1891 and was to extremely popular with the individuals who could read. The book is about a young man‚who is in love with an exceptionally lovely lady called May Forster. He continues requesting that she marries him despite the fact that she generally says no. One day John went to meet his friends to let them know he and May were to be married. Not long after he announced that he needed to visit

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    divide the High Middle Ages into the Romanesque and Gothic styles of architecture‚ which are differentiated by both formal and technical qualities. Romanesque is characterized by a revival of large-scale masonry construction and the rediscovery (or reinvention) of lost Roman building techniques and forms‚ thus the term Romanesque. Architectural styles were mastered‚ improved upon‚ and transformed. Magnificent cathedrals such as St. Sernin Cathedral were built in the classic Romanesque design. New

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    Understanding the Darkness “Cathedral” teaches a closed minded man that you don’t have to see things to understand them. The narrator is the man in the story that has this life changing experience that opened him up to a whole new world of understanding. This helps the reader to go inside the main characters mind and see his point of view. The overwhelming theme of this story is the conversion of the narrator from a man who sees the world in a basic way to a man who understands the deeper meaning

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    Edgar Allan Poe; one of the most famous gothic writer known to America. His work consists of dark mysteries which mostly revolve around death. Many say that the reason of Poe’s gothic writing style would be because of his past. It is well known that Poe’s work would reflect himself in one way or another. As a matter of fact‚ according to a short story written in 1839 titled‚ “An overview of the ‘Tell Tale Heart‚’” John Chua mentions that “Critics who have studied Poe sometimes suggest that his characters

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    Salisbury Cathedral: The Birth of English Gothic Architecture Rising four hundred and four feet above the Salisbury Plain in England‚ one can see the tip of the tallest spire in all of Britain. Below the spire lies a Cathedral of unmatched grandeur. The first stone for the Salisbury Cathedral was laid in 1220‚ and it was finished only thirty-eight years later in 1258. For the first time in history‚ ground was broken for an early Christian cathedral because the Salisbury Cathedral was the first

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