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1 Rose Windows

2 A circular window often found in Gothic Churches.
Rose Windows: A circular window often found in Gothic Churches. Occasionally called “wheel windows”

3 Still found as a major architectural feature in large churches today
Rose Windows: Still found as a major architectural feature in large churches today

4 Rose Windows: Wheel Windows: Simple windows with a tracery of spokes radiating from the center

5 Beverly Minster Rose Window

6 Beverly Minster Rose Window

7 Early Gothic: Overlapping arcs like flower petals, circles or squares.
Rose Windows: Early Gothic: Overlapping arcs like flower petals, circles or squares.

8 Laon Cathedral

9 Laon Cathedral

10 Rose Windows: Rayonnant Gothic:
Divided from center with overlapping, complex designs. Often pointed arches were a feature.

11 Bristol Cathedral

12 Bristol Cathedral

13 Bristol Cathedral

14 Rose Windows: Flamboyant Gothic:
Designed with overlapping S-curves to give a flame-like appearance.

15 Sainte Chapelle

16 Sainte Chapelle

17 Sainte Chapelle

18 Rose Windows: Other examples:

19 Bangor, Maine

20 Mosaic of Emperor Justinian

21 Prague

22 Salinas, California

23 Rheims Cathedral


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