Chartres Cathedral Stained and Colored Glass Windows.

My work with daylight resulted in a number of projects where I applied stained and colored glass. SeeJoost van Santen Daylight Art in Architecture. I am influenced by the colored light falling through stained glass windows as in the cathedral of Chartres.

	Cathedral of Chartres	Light falling through colored glass.
	High windows	Light in the cathedral	home

The cathedral at Chartres (also called Notre Dame as it is dedicated to "Our Lady," or the Virgin Mary) is the most important in the development of the Gothic cathedrals. The cathredal has a great monumentality and lightness of form which increases the thrilling, emotional, and spiritual experience of entering a cathedral. Chartres attains a quality of weightlessness and immateriality as the space, illuminated by stained glass, expands upward and outward. Chartres has been called the "visible soul" of the Middle Ages. Chartres retains most of its original medieval stained glass and is therefore unique. Chartres burned or was destroyed six times and the church represents the final rebuilding with the exception of the westwerk which survived the fire of 1134.

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Light Art integrated in Architecture	Amersfoort: Railway Station Emmen: Ordnance Survey Building Amsterdam: ING-bank Head Office Hilversum: Railway Station Den Haag: Palace of Justice Hillegom: Radiant light in church
Research and Experiments	Light Modules Images from Light Space
Light Sculptures	Ravensbrück Monument Four Light Sculptures Veldhoven: Landmark Sculptures
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