1. Week 7 Stone Age, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Grek and hellenistic, Roman, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese, Byzantine and Islamic, Middle Ages (Romanesque and Gothic Art)

2. Middle Ages ART: Gothic Architecture: Notre Dame, Rose Window, St. Denis

3. St. Denis, Gothic Architecture

4. A little background... Saint Denis, Denis also spelled Denys, Latin Dionysius (born, Rome?—died 258?, Paris; feast day: Western church, October 9; Eastern church, October 3), first bishop of Paris, a martyr and a patron saint of France.Romemartyr patron saintFrance A legend recorded in the 9th century recounts that Denis was beheaded on Montmartre and that his decapitated corpse carried his head to the area northeast of Paris where the Benedictine abbey of St. Denis was founded. Denis is often portrayed in art as a decapitated (though evidently living) figure http://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Denis

5. St. Denis, Paris, France

6. Tymphanum, St. Denis

7. Rose Window A rose window or Catherine window is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and being divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery. The name “rose window” was not used before the 17th century and according to the Oxford English Dictionary, among other authorities, comes from the English flower name rose.[1]windowGothic architectural stylemullionstraceryrose[1] The term “wheel window” is often applied to a window divided by simple spokes radiating from a central boss or opening, while the term “rose window” is reserved for those windows, sometimes of a highly complex design, which can be seen to bear similarity to a multi-petalled rose. Rose windows are also called Catherine windows after Saint Catherine of Alexandriawho was sentenced to be executed on a spiked wheel. A circular window without tracery, such as are found in many Italian churches, is referred to as an ocular window or oculus.Saint Catherine of Alexandriaoculus Rose windows are particularly characteristic of Gothic architecture and may be seen in all the major Gothic Cathedrals of Northern France. Their origins are much earlier and rose windows may be seen in various forms throughout the Medieval period. Their popularity was revived, with other medieval features, during the Gothic revival of the 19th century so that they are seen in Christian churches all over the world.Gothic architecture FranceGothic revival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_window

8. Notre Dame Paris, France The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture, and it is among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world. The naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture.French Gothic architecturechurch buildingsnaturalismstained glassRomanesque architecture

9. Notre Dame Stained Glass Windows- Khan Academy Video