Danielle Burbank Dr. Lee LC22 ANT201 23 February 2017 The Lightner Museum: A Window into the Gilded Age The Lightner Museum in St. Augustine contains several exhibits that accurately reflect American culture in its Gilded Age. From stained glass windows to rusted railroad tracks‚ this brilliant museum offers a window into late 19th to early 20th century American lifestyle. Museums and their artifacts are often used as resources to ethnographic research‚ which is what our classroom attempted
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plain and simple?” Discuss. Ollie Gardner This debate is a very strong subject for certain people and religion. For example the Catholics think that it is right to show their appreciation of god by designing their places of worship with big stained glass windows‚ huge organs and a big bold altar etc. However the Protestants started out rebelling against the Catholics saying that you should not have to show your appreciation with money and gold but with commitment and feeling should be enough. No
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A New Height In the World of Architecture An abundance of light filters through the stained glass windows casting the stories they contain onto the people. The different stories the panes encase are vividly expressed through the words of the priest. Necks ached as they look up to the towering points of the arches above them. The feeling of judgment is cast upon the individual’s soul. Hearts race as the miles and miles of structure stretch toward the sanctuary approach them. Gothic Cathedrals
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Britannica: “The International Style was thus formed under the dictates that modern buildings’ form and appearance should naturally grow out of and express the potentialities of their materials and structural engineering.” Thus‚ the style uses steel and glass‚ right angles‚ a sleek appearance‚ and lacks any apparent decoration. This design is seen most nowadays in American skyscrapers‚ which started to emerge after the style spread
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The “Hollyhocks” and “Flowering Cherry Tree and Peony” stained glass windows in the museum are from the Frederick Ames house on Dartmouth Street. The two windows which had as their subject a favorite LaFarge theme. Flowers. They were originally placed on the two sides of the hall to let the light go through. Their height are 7 feet‚ 3-1/4 inches‚ and width are 3 feet. 1-1/4inches. Made by Layers of translucent glass‚ opalescent white glass‚ a cascade of irregular pebble-like bits‚ and a molded
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inevitably be uplifted. She’s put in the novel to show that the sins of ones forefathers can affect later generations‚ but sometimes those generations can change their luck for the better. That shining‚ colorful light through the beautiful stained-glass window of a church adds to its atmosphere a sense of beauty and hope. Phoebe adds beauty with her charming looks and personality‚ along with the hope to break the curse of the Pyncheon family. She is the ideal woman and lives her life to fullest
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This was a way peasants could learn about the Bible without reading. In architecture‚ the foundation of the cathedrals was shaped like a cross to symbolize Christ being the main reason of the cathedral‚ and our lives. In art‚ the cathedral had stained glass windows with scenes from the Bible for the peasants to see pictures of the people in the Bible. Such as scenes from Jesus life‚ Noah‚ and Mary were some of the paintings. I chose the Cathedral of Notre Dame. The design message of the Cathedral
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Chartres Cathedral into the master piece it is now. Many things draw me to this cathedral. Just to name a few‚ the mystery‚ the symbolism‚ the speed in which it was built‚ the veil of the virgin housed within it‚ and the secrecy of the stained glass windows. The more I read‚ the more enthralled I become. I have read the history of the ground the cathedral is built upon all the way back to Druidic times. The history of the grounds and the multiple incarnations of the church are fascinating
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stretching a magnificant18 m to the ceiling. Once in the nave‚ we can observe the vaulted ceiling‚ which is 36 m high‚ and stained glass windows on either side. Prior to entering the Cathedral‚ we had noticed the unusual flying buttresses (the supporting arches over the windows) on the outside walls of the nave‚ created to support the extra tall vaulted ceiling. The extraordinary stained glass windows are dark‚ but still light enough to allow us to view “biblical stories‚ legends of the saints‚ the lives
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and the Notre Dame Cathedral is no exception to that. One such change that echoed the changing cultural values was the increase in detail of the statues in the cathedrals to add more of a pathological appeal. Another such addition was that of stained glass windows. These beautiful windows were developed partially because
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