Sentences with phrase «medieval cathedral»

Implementing it might cost no more, in relative terms, than building a medieval cathedral.

When we spoke, it was over chilled white wine at a celebratory dinner atop one of the city's many trendy hotel rooftop bars, while medieval cathedral domes reflected the glow of high - pressure sodium street lamps.

Jerry Saltz: «Artists now work at the scale of medieval cathedral façades, meant to tell universal stories in highly accessible ways.

Players will also be able to move freely around their new base camp — a medieval cathedral suspended in the sky — and interact with Servants to build bonds with them, taking on side missions that further flesh out their backstories.

layers will also be able to move freely around their new base camp — a medieval cathedral suspended in the sky — and interact with Servants to build bonds with them, taking on side missions that further flesh out their backstories.

Players will also be able to move freely around their new base camp, a medieval cathedral suspended in the sky, and interact with Servants to build bonds with them, taking on side missions that further flesh out their backstories.

The historic quarter, the museums, the main shopping avenues, as well as the breathtaking Medieval cathedral are situated only a stone's throw away, as are bus stops and taxi ranks.

It preserves a beautiful historic quarter known as Es Born near the harbour, and its crowning glory is the medieval cathedral, built of honey - coloured stone and replete with exquisitely decorated chapels.

I can remember an activity where I asked my seventh grade students to draw a medieval cathedral and label the important architectural features.

«We found that the room - temperature viscosity of Gorilla Glass is many orders of magnitude less than what had been previously reported for medieval cathedral glass.

First, previous publications considered modern soda lime silicate and germania glass compositions rather than directly considering a real medieval cathedral glass composition.

Such schools see themselves as modern embodiments of medieval Cathedral schools or monastic schools which were, unambiguously, ecclesiastically ordered communities.

I walk into the bombed - out nave, its windows empty of stained glass, only its roofless sandstone walls revealing the medieval cathedral that crumpled under Nazi explosions.

I look down the dark sanctuary, past its glass screen, to the ruined shell of the medieval cathedral.

Most evangelicals commune almost as seldom as the congregation of a medieval cathedral.

Osborne was the first female Dean to be appointed to a medieval cathedral, having previously served as Salisbury Cathedral's Canon Treasurer for nearly ten years.

At about 11 a.m. this coming Sunday, in one of England's most beautiful medieval cathedrals, Peter, Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, will lay his hands on my head and pronounce these words:

As decades pass, as the memorial retains its «most visited» status, people will look upon this found I — beam cross and see it with the same significance that one looks at the medieval cathedrals of Europe.

All one had to do was look at the great medieval paintings or visit the great medieval cathedrals to see how she had inspired people.

The book concentrates on church buildings, particularly the great medieval cathedrals, but the principles are widely applicable.

Picturing subjects as diverse as places of worship, jungles and research laboratories, Struth once compared the space shuttle programme to the construction of the medieval cathedrals.

Did you know that the colors in stained glass windows of medieval cathedrals were created by different sized gold and silver nanoparticles?

Save for some technology that could transport the smells of an early - morning market or send the rays of warmth one experiences sipping sangria in a sunny plaza in the late afternoon, the iconic images of Gaudí architecture, Medieval cathedrals and freshly - prepared tapas are as good as one can gets to convey what it's like spending time in this capital of Catalonia.

Here you'll find soaring medieval cathedrals; grand country mansions of the aristocracy, filled with paintings, furniture, and tapestries and set in elegantly landscaped grounds; and grim fortified castles, whose gray - stone walls held fast against all challengers.

Carroll's titles and jewel - tone palette suggests windows of Medieval cathedrals, portals through which light enters a space while obscuring the outside world.

While these sculptures, which approximate medieval cathedrals flipped on their heads or utopian towers from the Soviet avant - garde, have defined Al - Hadid's career, a recent exhibition at the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University presents a less chaotic side of the artist's practice.

Its title gives it away as a statement against Anthony Gormley's «Angel of the North», a popular public sculpture, but Perry's terracotta - colored, infant - sized cast iron «coffin» also borrows imagery from medieval cathedrals and African bronzes.

«Like gargoyles looking down from the sides of medieval cathedrals, funerary effigies in medieval churches or the cadaverous presences who inhabit the unredemptive darkness of Goya's black paintings or Ensor's carnivalesque processions, these sculptures of the living dead are cautionary figures for an unvirtuous age» (J. Lingwood, quoted in Public / Political: Thomas Schütte, Germany 2012, p. 157).

Along with these, Cheikh Niass's installation La Série Arc en Ciel (2012) consists of twelve vibrant banners hanging in a row from the ceiling of the galleries as an architectural allusion to medieval cathedrals.

It owns some of the largest and draughtiest buildings in Britain, including medieval cathedrals, gothic churches and ageing parsonages.

Salisbury, England About Blog Salisbury Cathedral is one of Britain's finest medieval cathedrals, both living church and internationally renowned heritage attraction.

Not exact matches

The same factors exist in the medieval use of masonry, and doubtless supply a part of our delight in the cathedrals.

Interspersed between these bookends are descriptions of how medieval Pisa became a maritime power that could afford a splendid Romanesque cathedral (the loot came from the sacking of the Muslim city of Palermo, Sicily, in 1063), and how the city subsequently fell into decline even before the adjacent bell tower was complete.

Standing in the shadow of Lincoln Cathedral is the Medieval Bishops» Palace.

One of England's loveliest cathedrals, with Royal Tombs, Medieval cloisters, an ancient crypt and Chapter House and magnificent Passing through Worcester by canal, you join the River Severn for a leisurely cruise up to Stourport where you join the Staffordshire and Worcestershire

Under their stewardship, «Seven» is a decidedly medieval enterprise, darker in text and tone than a Gothic cathedral by the light of the moon.

That tuning comes thanks to the Passat's European roots, as cars there tend to be made more responsive to cope with narrow, medieval streets and the occasional cathedral in the roadway.

Making history If the working portcullis on the cover doesn't convince you, the gorgeous pop - up castle, cathedral and medieval bridge will: A Knight's City by Philip Steele is one nifty book of knights.

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The huge piazza is a public space facing centuries old medieval buildings on all sides including the main cathedral, Basilica di San Petronio, and City Hall.

The island's historic capital (the current capital is Mahon), it preserves an enchanting historic quarter, with medieval lanes winding around a Gothic cathedral.

Michelozzo, Antonio da Sangallo il Vecchio, Baldassarre Peruzzi, Vignola are only some of the names contributing to the urban aspect of Montepulciano, whose main buildings are mostly included within its city walls: the elegant Piazza Grande with its Palaces and the Cathedral; the long artery that under different names winds through the city, ranging along its sides sixteenth century or medieval façades, renaissance churches, and even sculptured stones dating back from the etruscan times; the charming little squares and the narrow, romantic passages.

Siena is known to be the «Medieval Heart of Tuscany,» home to more beautiful Gothic cathedrals, towers, and piazzas than you could possibly see in the time of your visit.

However the rewards come in the shape of magnificent cathedrals, ruined castles and medieval streets, not to say excellent food and drink.

On a guided visit, venture into the medieval center to see its splendid Gothic cathedral, 12th - century stone bridge, and the Porta Praetoria — the ancient Roman city gate.

In Rouen, best known as the home of Joan of Arc, you'll go on a guided walk through the medieval quarter and visit the gothic cathedral, once the tallest building in the world.

In Rouen, best known as the home of Joan of Arc, you'll go on a guided walk through the medieval quarter and visit the gothic Rouen Cathedral — once the tallest building in the world.

This stunning Gothic cathedral was built in the medieval era, in the 13th century to be exact.

This charming city was the island's historic capital, and has most of the region's cultural attractions, from a beautifully preserved medieval quarter crowned by a Gothic cathedral to a sturdy 17th - century fortress, now an interesting history museum.

While much of the stonework of the cathedral is dated to the medieval period, its structure has been rebuilt and the stonework resurfaced in such a manner that it does not resemble its original, unique appearance.