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Gothic Cathedrals
Title: Gothic Cathedrals
Category: Literature / English
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Gothic Cathedrals
“Derived from the Latin word cathedra, meaning "throne," the cathedral signifies the seat of the bishop at the center of the diocese. Worthy of their administrative role, such buildings were usually quite grand, situated on hallowed sites, and replete with symbolic elements” (Humanities, Nov/Dec95, Vol. 16 Issue 6).
When viewing a cathedral, one tends to see them as magnificent, sometimes stark monuments erected to worship God in a grand setting. This was indeed a major purpose …showed first 75 words of 1385 total…
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3. NOTRE-DAME OF PARIS AND THE ANTICIPATION OF GOTHIC, Murray, Stephen, Art Bulletin, Mar98, Vol. 80 Issue 2
4. SPLENDOR AND PERIL: THE CATHEDRAL OF PARIS, 1290-1350, Davis, Michael, Art Bulletin, Mar98, Vol. 80 Issue 1
5. THE AD HOC COLLECTIVE WORK OF BUILDING GOTHIC CATHEDRALS WITH TEMPLATES, STRING, AND GEOMETRY, Turnbull, David, Science, Technology & Human Values, Summer93, Vol. 18 Issue 3
6. THE CATHEDRAL AS TEXT, Calkins, Robert, Humanities, Nov/Dec95, Vol. 16 Issue 6
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