Sentences with phrase «of gothic cathedrals»

New wings are added like the flying buttresses of Gothic cathedrals at Tate Modern, which already has around 5 million visitors a year, and in New York, where the Met celebrates its modern and contemporary art holdings with its move into a Marcel Breuer - designed building on Madison Avenue and 75th Street.

For an older body of work on view at the fair, Houck downloaded architectural renderings of Gothic cathedrals from a site called 3D Warehouse and inverted them to negatives, eventually printing them as cyanotypes.

It's most imposing landmark is the Winchester Cathedral, among the largest in Europe with the longest nave of all Gothic cathedrals in Europe.

Chartres France is best known for its impressive Chartres Gothic Cathedral, one of the Grandes Cathédrales de France and (like Amiens Cathedral or Saint Denis Basilica - Cathedral) an important milestone in the evolution of Gothic Cathedrals in Europe.

«Just as the flying buttresses of Gothic cathedrals ensure their structural stability, the aromatic buttress of SRY is responsible for proper protein folding and stability.»

Gibbon had felt the energy of Gothic cathedrals when he visited them in the eighteenth century, and had condemned it; Ruskin had praised it in the nineteenth.

Moving upstream, we come to the Middle Ages, the period of the gothic cathedrals, of the crusades, of great systems of law and administration, and of massive scholastic philosophy.

Two muscle - bound men stand arms - crossed in front of a Gothic cathedral.

Drawing on an architectural analogy, he said, «The unity of a Gothic cathedral is not the static unity of a classical temple but a unity born of the dynamic tension of diverse forces which impel the architecture upward, pointing to heaven.»

Consider the singing of a Bach cantata, or the flying buttresses of a Gothic cathedral, or the poetry of George Herbert, or the embrace of lovers long separated, or the gift of time and love to the dying, or the Christian assembly on its knees as bread and wine are consecrated on the altar.

Some of us have danced the Sardana in front of the Gothic cathedral and a few have been to Montserrat and heard and seen the congregation rise and sing with tears In their eyes in memory of all those who died during the long dark night of oppression by Franco and the Fascisti.

During the renovation of a Gothic cathedral in Germany, a mass murder site is uncovered and it's not long before the victims come back from the dead in search of their revenge.

It's richly decorated exterior and exuberant sculptures and different colours of marble, makes you believe the inside will be a true masterpiece of Gothic cathedral building.

Or stroll through Cologne's historic quarter and get up close to the filigreed twin towers of its Gothic cathedral — one of Germany's most famous landmarks.

But here, these triangular forms resemble spires or perhaps the tower of a gothic cathedral.

The hall itself is the former home of the electricity generators, and it's as soaring and belittling as the nave of a Gothic cathedral.

An ornate table base brings to mind the gothic cobels of a gothic cathedral and, teamed with the dark woods of the chairs and oppulent chandelier makes the perfect setting for an indulgent banquet.

Not exact matches

The setting for the celebration of its hundredth anniversary is described in the Washington Post: «The soaring nave of the Gothic - style cathedral, pews replaced by sumptuous tables, giant plasma screens, a light show.»

Of course there is a simple reason for this: Westminster Abbey is a gothic cathedral that arrives each day from nearly a millennia of tradition and historOf course there is a simple reason for this: Westminster Abbey is a gothic cathedral that arrives each day from nearly a millennia of tradition and historof tradition and history.

Countless similar stories bear witness to the fact that man's life is built, like a Gothic cathedral, on the principle of balanced thrusts.

He proceeds sequentially, from the sacred architecture of the Old Testament to the early Christian basilicas, then on to the Byzantine and Romanesque cathedrals and churches, and from there to the Gothic, the classicism of the Renaissance, the baroque and rococo, the neoclassicism and «revival» styles of the nineteenth century, and on to the present day.

Alonso now faces the daunting task of repairing a traditional Gothic cathedral, which has been closed to the public since the earthquake and which will reopen Saturday, even as repairs continue.

Because these transverse walls coincide with the large arches spanning the interior, they allude to the flying buttresses of classic Gothic cathedrals — which is a nice conceit.

Even the remembrance of this journey's great milestones has the power of illuminating the present, as is vividly demonstrated by Gothic catechetical windows through whose Old Testament scenes light streams into the cavernous interior of cathedrals, infusing them with brilliant light.

It was during this time that the Church developed scholasticism, built the Gothic cathedrals (with their stained - glass windows and monuments), created the universities and the hospitals, encouraged the sciences and technical progress, perfected international relations between states, abolished slavery, advanced social progress and raised the condition of women, in such a way that, in the fourteenth century, Europe had far surpassed all the other continents.

On 3 April Brother Martin ascended the steps out of Erfurt's central Platz up to the recently built great late Gothic Cathedral of St Mary, next to its older sister church of St Severus.

He devoted his life to preserving its Gothic grandeur of the Cathedral of All Saints and to serving as a spiritual beacon.

The world's northernmost Gothic Cathedral, Nidarosdomen, was built in Trondheim, with its first stones laid in 1070 over the grave of Olav Haraldsson.

From the childish grins on our faces and high fiving between shots in disbelief, the true enormity of how lucky we were to be shooting there sunk in when Sunday morning church started in the cathedral below as the voices and organs bellowed up to us shooting amongst the gothic spiked rooftop.

From Yoana Baraschi's embroidered medallion lace dresses to the chantilly lace of the Elsa Peplum by Maeve at the top of this set to this lace style that I like to call cathedral because it reminds me of the beautiful stained windows in Europe's gothic - era churches, each style has its own look and feel.

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

For instance, the hospital where the students work is rife with ornate religious imagery, and their own makeshift lab seems to be the only thing contained, with the exception of random debris, in a cavernous and seemingly abandoned gothic cathedral.

Suddenly the opposing team takes to the field in the form of strangely digitized gargoyles that quickly whisk the «science experiment» away to a cool looking gothic cathedral.

The final section of this features a great set of hairpins that wind downhill with a fantastic view of Orvieto's skyline, which is dominated by the incredible Gothic façade of its cathedral.

At the conclusion of scrutineering, in the shadow of Cathédrale St - Julien du Mans, the city's magnificent Romanesque / Gothic cathedral, the team paused for a traditional group photo.

Our last stop was Siena, where we visited the beautiful gothic cathedral known as the Siena Duomo, strolled through the famous Piazza del Campo in the heart of the city, then explored the winding city streets on our own.

Walk through the gothic quarter and discover the old patios of Palma's aristocracy palaces, until you get to the magnificent cathedral.

We also took in the palace of Versailles, Caudebec's Gothic cathedral described by Victor Hugo as «a lace of stone,» the Benedictine monastery of Abbeye Saint Wandrille, Rouen (Normandy's ancient capital, where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431), the high - society seaside resort town of Deauville, and lastly, pretty Honfleur, with its half - timbered homes, cobbled alleyways and patisseries filled with tempting «grand meringues,» chocolate éclairs and custard tarts.

Set out on a guided tour of the old town and its 13th - century Gothic cathedral, a World Heritage site.

The city's landmark is the golden cathedral, begun in the late 13th century on the ruins of a mosque, and other historic sights in Ciutadella include a clutch of handsome Gothic palaces and churches, a colourful Modernista (Art Nouveau) fish market, and a pair of sturdy 17th - century bastions.

This comfortable city hotel in Spain is located within walking distance from the main touristic sites in Segovia, such as the Santa María de Segovia Gothic Cathedral, the Alcázar Castle of the 11th century, or the Ayala Berganza, Castilian palace of the 15th century.

Dressed in towering and exuberant Victorian red - brick and coloured stone, this dazzling piece of Gothic architecture looks reminiscent of a Cathedral with its clock tower and spiralling turrets.

We had the tower of Salamanca's cathedral to ourselves and the whole of León's wonderfully Gothic House of Light was ours as we sat in an empty square at night and enjoyed an illuminated and uninterrupted view.

It aims to describe the sights that most tourists don't get to see, mainly due to the attraction to the more popular attractions like some tower called Eiffel, a gothic - cathedral and a rather large museum used for the set of a Dan Brown movie.

These include the incomparable Minster, which is one of Europe's largest and most ornate gothic cathedrals, and the Shambles, a quaint street that has remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages.

The city is also home to a selection of beautiful Romanesque churches, as well as its majestic Gothic Cathedral - which is the largest such cathedral in northern Europe and a UNESCO World HeritCathedral - which is the largest such cathedral in northern Europe and a UNESCO World Heritcathedral in northern Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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.

Rodez's cathedral is a masterpiece of gothic architecture; there's an excellent circular walking tour around the Old Town; and the local park, Domaine de Combelles, covers 300 acres.

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.