Essays on Chapels

Biography of the Sainte Chapelle

The Sainte-Chapelle, French for Holy Chapel, is located in Paris, France. It was built in the traditional gothic style for the time, and it was accomplished over the span of seven years . Cohen mentions Sainte-Chapelle’s original purpose was to be a religious temple for previous Christian vestiges, it is rumored that should Christ’s Holy Grail ever have been found it would have been placed here. Moreover, The Shroud of Turin likely would have been put here, as well . The supposed crown of thorns worn by Christ at the time of his death, according to Weiss, was housed ...

My Spiritual Growth

Growing up, my equation for a “complete” life was this: a loving family, a caring group of friends, good academics, and some form of religion. That concept changed in the past few years as I have slowly understood the true meaning of Christianity. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” Though I was born into a Christian family, I was completely indifferent and oblivious to Christianity’s supposed role in my life. It was nothing more than just a boring routine. Church every Sunday, youth group every ...

Harris KhatriArt work name: Saint George killing the dragon (Bernado Martorell) November 14, 2013Hum 123-002

Oakton Community College

Introduction

Any work of art apart from being attractive and beautiful, it has both a superficial and deeper meaning (Erbach, 2008). This submission examines the Bernat (Bernado) Martorell’s painting of Saint George killing a dragon and describes the form, size, technique, color, texture and lines of the painting. It further gives details of the movement, content, theme and interpretation in art. Figure 1(a) and (b) shows the actual painting of St. George killing the dragon. Figure one (a) Saint George killing the dragon Figure 1(b): Dragon being killed by Saint George According to Wood (2003), this ...

Introduction

The Saint Sernin structure is of historic context in that it is of an ancient foundation. The structure this architect holds historic account of Saint Sernin, the Toulouse first bishop who was martyred in 250 C.E. The structure is also historic on the basis that it is one of the exhibits of the pilgrimage. Being the artistic work that exists as a representation of the various significant historic occurrences then it is historically important as it depicts the religious historic context of the people of Toulouse, France (Radding 8). The structure is historically document to have been constructed as ...

Architecture made by various artists differs in one way or the other. However, there may be certain similarities that may be noticed in their works. This leads us to the analysis of Chartres Cathedrals and Salisbury Cathedrals. One of the differences between the two cathedrals is based on the design of the outside side of the churches (Kleiner 2011). The external part of the churches in the Chartres case was filled with sculptures. These sculptures involved the pictures of Jesus Christ and his mother, Mary. Salisbury cathedrals also involved sculptures, although there is a difference in the positioning of the ...