rose windows
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Rose Windows
Rose Windows: A circular window often found in Gothic Churches.
Occasionally called “wheel windows”
Rose Windows: Still found as a major architectural feature in large churches today
Rose Windows: Wheel Windows:Simple windows with a tracery of spokes radiating from the center
Beverly Minster Rose Window
Beverly Minster Rose Window
Rose Windows: Early Gothic:Overlapping arcs like flower petals, circles or squares.
Laon Cathedral
Laon Cathedral
Rose Windows: Rayonnant Gothic:
Divided from center with overlapping, complex designs.
Often pointed arches were a feature.
Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral
Rose Windows: Flamboyant Gothic:
Designed with overlapping S-curves to give a flame-like appearance.
Sainte Chapelle
Sainte Chapelle
Sainte Chapelle
Rose Windows: Other examples:
Bangor, Maine
Mosaic of Emperor Justinian
Prague
Salinas, California
Rheims Cathedral
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