RAYONNANT STYLE

rāˈənănt, the middle period (c.1240–1350) of French Gothic architecture, so termed from the characteristic radiating tracery of the rose window. In this period many of the great cathedrals were under construction; the builders became bolder and more proficient, emphasizing in every way the vertical elements of the structure. Light and soaring structural skeletons were erected, reducing the size of all supporting members; the enlargement of windows resulted in a drastic reduction of wall surfaces. Bar tracery, displaying elaborate geometrical patterns, supplanted plate tracery. Sculptural ornament turned to greater naturalism and was used more generously. Of this period are the cathedral at Amiens (begun 1220), the Sainte-Chapelle at Paris (1243–46), and the earlier portions of St. Ouen at Rouen (begun 1318). The Rayonnant style spread to other parts of Europe. The scheme was employed in the cathedrals at Cologne, Germany (begun 1248), and Leon, Spain (begun c.1255).

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French Opera at the Fin de Siecle: Wagnerism, Nationalism, and Style
Book by Steven Huebner; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Opera--France--19th Century
...SIECLE Wagnerism, Nationalism, and Style Steven Huebner OXFORD UNIVERSITY...de siecle : Wagnerism, nationalism, and style / Steven Huebner. Includes bibliographical...influence rarely resulted in a musical style where enough features coincided to produce...
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Medieval Architecture in Western Europe: From A.D. 300 to 1500
Book by Robert G. Calkins; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Architecture, Medieval--Europe, Western, Church Architecture--Europe, Western
...228 16. THE RAYONNANT STYLE IN FRANCE AND EUROPEAN IMITATIONS 236...253 France: The Flamboyant Style 263 Spain: New Variations...
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Medieval Art
Book by Marilyn Stokstad; Harper & Row, 1986
Subjects: Art, Medieval--History
...Gothic Architecture 294 The Rayonnant Style in Architecture 309 Stained Glass 312 Monumental Sculpture 315 The Rayonnant Style in the Figurative Arts: Sculpture and Manuscripts...
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Art and Architecture in Medieval France: Medieval Architecture, Sculpture, Stained Glass, Manuscripts, the Art of the Church Treasuries
Book by Whitney S. Stoddard; Westview Press, 1972
Subjects: Art, French, Art, Medieval--France, Church Architecture--France
...Map 3. Rayonnant and Flamboyant Monuments in...which is modern France, a new style of architecture, sculpture...Byzantine traditions. The Romanesque style underwent many transformations...around Paris, a new Gothic style replaced Romanesque, and the...
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Burgundian Gothic Architecture
Book by Robert Branner; A. Zwemmer, 1960
Subjects: Architecture, Gothic, Architecture--Burgundy
...The Formation of the Burgundian Gothic Style 38 IV The Elaboration of the Burgundian Style 63 V The Dissipation of the Burgundian Style 83 Catalogue...
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The Conte-En-Vers: Expanding Stith Thompson's X-File of Obscene Motifs
Journal article by Catherine Grise; Folklore, Vol. 108, 1997
Subjects: Erotic literature--17th century, Prostitutes in literature--Analysis
...cest le manche." A ces mots, lespoir le plus doux Envahit le coeur de lepoux: Il soupconne un heureux mystere, Et, tout rayonnant, il espere, En ce moment deux fois beni, Trouver encor la pie au nid (ibid., lines 268-77). When her husband bends over...
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Jeux D'ombre et De Lumiere Dans Les Miserables De Victor Hugo
Journal article by Guy F. Imhoff; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, 2000
Subjects: French literature--19th century AD, Hugo, Victor--Criticism and interpretation, Les Miserables (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...beaute ... apparaissait chaque jour plus rayonnante" sur son visage (911). La lumiere est...ciel. Cest leveil de quelque chose de rayonnant et dinconnu," "le charme dangereux de...Marius et Cosette sont deux etres "rayonnants, qui resplendissaient lun pour lautre...
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Realite et Imaginaire Des Parcs et Des Jardins Dans la Deuxieme Moitie Du XIX Siecle
Journal article by Jose Santos; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, 2003
Subjects: Foucault, Michel--Criticism and interpretation, French literature--Criticism and interpretation, Gardens--Portrayals, Literary themes--Criticism and interpretation, Zola, Emile--Criticism and interpretation
...Faute de labbe Mouret, le "Paradou," parc au nom paradisiaque sil en est, est dabord decrit comme un endroit idyllique, dans un style de conte de fees: "Du temps de Louis xv, un seigneur y avait bati un palais superbe, avec des jardins immenses, des bassins...
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Spider Webs in French Literature
Journal article by Patrick Alan Meadows; Symposium, Vol. 44, 1991
Subjects: French Literature--Themes, Motives, Etc, Spider Webs
...the novels temporal setting: le style rayonnant , characterized by circular, radial...cathedral is a well-known example of this style, and that the ominous image of the...et sur, Plus quune trame de mon style ! (142) The quasi-totality of the...
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Mallarme et L'ecriture Du Corps
Journal article by Daniel Sipe; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 35, 2007
Subjects: Erotic literature--Criticism and interpretation, French poetry--Criticism and interpretation, French poets--Criticism and interpretation, Mallarme, Stephane--Criticism and interpretation, Mallarme, Stephane--Works
...personnel, renferme--en faveur dune sorte de "sublimation pure,"--rayonnante, partagee--, celle que postule Gaston Bachelard dans sa Poetique...poete dans "Placet," ce ne sont sans doute pas les poncifs dun style demode, ni meme les exces de la coercition pornographique...


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encyclopedia articles on: Rayonnant Style  - 4 results

 
 
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Rayonnant Style
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RAYONNANT STYLE ra nant, the middle period (c.1240 1350) of French Gothic architecture...46), and the earlier portions of St. Ouen at Rouen (begun 1318). The Rayonnant style spread to other parts of Europe. The scheme was employed in the cathedrals...
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Gothic Architecture and Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...toward the formation of the Gothic Rayonnant style around the mid-13th cent. The most striking achievements of Rayonnant design, the Sainte-Chapelle...variations and developments of the style. The cathedrals of Lincoln and...
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Sainte-Chapelle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...combine to create the effect of a sheer blaze of color and light. The Sainte-Chapelle is a superb example of the Rayonnant style in Gothic architecture. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Tracery
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...spires, interior walls, and choir screens. In France, Rayonnant-style tracery was marked by a multiplication of thin vertical...the 16th cent. the severe tracery of the Perpendicular style, with its closely spaced verticals, was dominant in...


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