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