Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1840s in England. Designs of this time were starkly contrasted to the more heavyweight Victorian and Gothic antique stained glass and were replaced with elegant, thinner Edwardian. He produced more than 130 stained glass windows, he and his brother Walter having taken over his father's … In the Resurrection Cemetery Mausoleum (Justice, IL), is what is certified as the largest single stained glass window in the world. Originating from Roman sacred architecture, rose windows reinterpret the "oculus," or small, round pane-less window used in ancient temples such as the Pantheon. In architecture, the rose (rosette) window is the shape of the openwork bay in the wall, while rose is the name of stained glass. The rose window was an important new feature and the use of vivid colors, which now also included gold and silver, only increased. Chartres Cathedral’s most famous piece of stained-glass is the Romanesque Virgin that forms part of a window in the south ambulatory. Within the highly-vaulted ceilings of the church are fifteen of the world’s finest stained glass windows, all of which depict. Commissioned by King Louis IX, the nearly 800-year-old chapel is famous worldwide for its stained glass windows nestled in a stone frame. The cathedral is also celebrated for its many stained-glass windows and sculptures.
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