Gothic architecture is often playful, and Gothic designers played with recursion. The chapel windows at Amiens, echoed in the apse windows at the Sainte-Chapelle, culminate in a pyramid of ...

An APSE is a recess in a church or cathedral ... They were so common in late Gothic architecture, particularly in Italy, that they were given the nickname “Venetian arches.” ...

They d circulate—behind the high altar around the semi-circular far end or apse-- worshipping at the various side chapels that fit their needs. Many Gothic churches have an enclosed space ...

The Notre Dame Cathedral will survive a massive fire that threatened the 800-year-old Parisian landmark and, in it, one of the most famed examples of French Gothic architecture in the world.

Then silent awe follows, because the sacred art, decorative painting and architecture act in perfect ... the Holy Spirit hovers high in the apse. From his heavenly height, brilliant golden rays ...

Trinity Apse, which dates back more than 500 years ... Artwork by designer Hazel Dunn will be projected onto the gothic architecture of the surviving elements of a church building that had ...