The Stained Glass of Sainte-Chapelle
Interior of the upper chapel (looking northeast), Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France, 1243–1248
This chapel is a masterpiece of the so-called Rayonnant (radiant) style of the High Gothic age, which dominated the second half of the century. It was the preferred style of the royal Parisian court of Saint Louis. Sainte-Chapelle’s architect carried the dissolution of walls and the reduction of the bulk of the supports to the point that some 6,450 square feet of stained glass make up more than than three-quarters of the structure. The emphasis is on the extreme slenderness of the architectural forms and on linearity in general. Although the chapel required restoration in the 19th century (after suffering damage during the French Revolution), it retains most of its original 13th-century stained glass. Approximately 49 feet high and 15 feet wide, they were the largest designed up to their time. (source)
Winter Full Moon Night over the Ruins of a Gothic Chapel (Felix Kreutzer, 1835 - 1876)
Owned by the Nature. x
The painting featured is Édouard Manet’s “The Balcony,” created between 1868 and 1869. This iconic work depicts three figures on a balcony, depicting a scene from 19th-century Parisian life. The painting is notable for its composition and use of light, and is one of Manet’s most famous works. The Balcony is an example of Manet’s realist style, which sought to depict everyday life in a straightforward, non-idealized way.
This is the view from Charlotte Brontë’s bedroom (now the Brontë Parsonage Museum), Haworth, Yorkshire. Charlotte was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels became classics of English literature.
“I wish you to know
that you have been the last dream of my soul.”
—Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
A View of Naples through a Window, 1824. Franz Ludwig Catel
By Moonlight in Neldoreth Forest - Ted Nasmith
Scotland is unique 🥰
The road (1870) by Camille Pissarro
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. Tacitus
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