The Importance Of The National Cathedral

From the outside of the cathedral, I could see the scaffolding since it was going under construction. Even though the cathedral is beautiful on the inside, the outside does not do it justice. Approaching the cathedral, it is

Our nation's revolution was a great achievement in U.S History. With the dawn of a new nation, there would have to be a central location to make the new decisions of our country. Our capitol has stood as the heart of our country since the late 1700s. The United States capitol is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. For almost two centuries it has housed the meeting chambers of the senate and the House of Representatives. Begun in 1793, the capitol building has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended, and restored. Today our capitol stands as a monument to the American people and their government. (AOC.gov)

Memorializing is often the way to remember a very important, intelligent, or rich person who lives above the rest of us. When we memorialize it sets a way to remember someone long after they have passed from life. More often than not those we put in statues and remember are those who change the world for the better or discover something new like Christopher Columbus, and his statue in Riverside Park (Deegan, Jim, source B). Lincoln's memorial isn’t where or had any importance to Lincoln, but it succeeds his most infamous speech he ever had “The Gettysburg Address” (Savage, source A). H. Elroy Johnson a famous lobster trapper, had a statue made but never finished during his lifetime, not until after his death, was the real statue made to memorialize him (Roadside America, source f).

It is human nature to shy away from social situations that make us uncomfortable. Also, as a people with great pride, we often find it difficult to admit when we have been iniquitous, or to allow ourselves to be open to humbling experiences. Sometimes though, it is not entirely due to intolerance that we allow ourselves to make ill-informed judgments. Raymond Carver was a writer with some insight concerning these very ideas. In his short story, “Cathedral,” Carver uses a nameless narrator and his interactions with a blind man to illustrate how a lack of experience can lead to ignorance and thus prejudice. Through the development of this character,

Looking at the most ten famous building in London none of them will take your attention as St. Paul Cathedral that took forty years to build after it was destroyed. Also, it was designed and built by one of the most famous English architects in the history “Sir Christopher Wren”. “It is said to be at the highest point of the city London. Its dome is elegant as framed by the spires of Wren’s city churches.”

Next stop on our map was the Metropolitan Cathedral. Which is in fact, the largest cathedral in the Americas. Since the building was built on a slant angle if feels like I am walking downhill. From the inside, the buildings architecture was gray-like marble pillars surrounded by golden statues of angels and saints. Also, the church had many historic paintings. Throughout the cathedral, on the side walls were many exhibits on holy saints. Many tourist go and visit these saints to give a prayer or ask for their needs. I personally saw one of the saint's remains which kind of freaked me out. Though it was very educational learning about the Cathedral’s history.

First off this building was neoclassical meaning based off of roman and greek buildings. This shows as to why it had been designed like this with dome and columns. I also found that George Washington had some role in this too, on one website it mentioned how he had chosen such designs. I do believe the reason they did this was to show their great influence from Greek and Rome and their big triumph to create the U.S. As for the dome it was modified a bit from Greek or Roman taste since the top was rounded. This also was meant to represent the the influence these places had when the ¨nations founders framed a new republic¨

Chartres Cathedral and St. Stephen’s Cathedral ​Chartres Cathedral is a medieval Catholic cathedral and Gothic masterpiece of the Latin Church that was constructed between 1194 and 1220. It is located in the northwestern part of France and is also known as Notre Dame of Chartres. Before the reconstruction of the Cathedral, there have been five churches on the site of Chartres, all of which were burned down. This was seen as a series of disasters that spurred people to rebuild. Chartres Cathedral is noted for it’s architecture, sculptures and elaborate stained glass windows.

Thursday came and went before I even knew what happened. I caught the metro to the Opera house and not even my extensive thespian experience would prepare me for the lavishness of this theater. All of the details, even on the smallest of walls, were incredible. What it would have been like to be a theatergoer back in the day.

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Reims, northeast of Paris near Champagne was the coronation church of the kings of France and was an educational and cultural center. Also built of limestone, the architecture of the Reims Cathedral features Gothic style. It symbolizes an Early Gothic, Radiant Gothic and Flamboyant Gothic. The Reims Cathedral depicts a classic harmonic facade containing four levels. Its interior is defined by its towering heights and narrow proportions, and elaborate sculptural works. Because of the high quality of workmanship and materials used, Reims Cathedral features some of the most beautiful gothic art in existence. Five different cathedrals have been on the site on which Reims cathedral now sits since 401 CE. The current cathedral was built in 1211, after the previous cathedral had burned down. The new building was almost entirely finished by the end of the thirteenth century. 88 gargoyles were counted on the Reims Cathedral and are mainly used to drain off rainwater and are exceptional pieces of work, but do show the slight difference between Gothic and Romanesque styles. The stained glass windows are a beautiful part of Reims despite being damaged or ruined several times in the 18th century; the cathedral still has many 13th century stained glass windows, in the upper parts of the nave, choir and transept. On the opposite side of the great western portal, the Great Rose Window, dating from the end of the 13th century, represents “the Crowning

Power takes many forms, and sometimes it’s in the form of architecture. This has been the case for cathedrals and chapels regarding religion. Humans are motivated to do well so they can boast and display their accomplishments. On top of that, people have the mentality that everything is better when it’s bigger. During the reign of the Catholic Church, they showed off their power through their cathedrals. Cathedrals acted as palaces for the Church since it actually stored their jewels and treasures. These faux castles were very important symbols for the church since they’re usually very high up and built elegantly. This was very true for Spain since Spain has a collection of beautiful cathedrals that are gold plated and adorned in other beautiful elements such as silver, jade, ruby, etc. The enormity of the cathedral probably garnered respect from everyone below who did not have the riches, but strived to gain something similar. Looking at the riches of the church can serve as an inspiration for commoners to believe in God and what the church teaches since they can hope and pray that this kind of luxury is what awaits them in Heaven. Cathedrals were guarded due to the treasures, but it was still open to the public as a place of gathering. Showing

Cathedral is a central Catholic church. Differences between cathedrals and churches are that cathedrals are the seat of the bishop and a centre of worship and mission. (The Association of English Cathedrals) Because it 's a central of Catholic churches, all the Catholic churches around a cathedral receives order and worship services from it. Cathedrals are known for central position in Catholic, but what we have to focus is beauty of their art of structures and art of symbolism. There are many Catholic cathedrals around in the world. They have their own designs based on the architecture history of different countries. For example, in Italy, columns that attached to the walls were treated as ugly structure. Milan Cathedral was constructed in 1800s in Italy. It is a great example that shows how Italians had trouble to accepting Gothic style to their building long time ago. They barely finished construction with help from architect from French. It seems gorgeous due to complicate flower patterns and statues on outside, but it considered as a chaos because of mixture of Italian and French architecture. (Sir Banister chapter 14) Cathedrals and churches have statues of the saints beautiful stain glasses. Each of them represents story of bibles and used to show greatness of God. But the beauty of Cathedrals is different in each countries. For example, cathedrals in the US have their beauty of art of symbolism and structure, but European Roman Catholic cathedrals contain more

In the ending, the scene has Robert and the narrator sharing a moment of discovery together. Robert does not know what a Cathedral is or looks like and the narrator can see the cathedral but cannot express what he is looking at. The Cathedral is important because it represents true sight. The narrator’s view is simple and cannot find the meaning from anything. When the narrator draws the Cathedral and closes his eyes, he finds himself drawn in to adding details and getting involved. He doesn’t open his eyes and when he does, he realizes that he is in a much deeper place in his own world and can finally see what is beyond visible.

The Fourth St. Paul’s, more commonly known as Old St. Paul’s Cathedral, was built by the Normans in 1087. The Normans, who in recent times had just conquered Britain, and were determined to build the largest Christian church in the world. The construction of the church finished in 1240 but the process of developing it to enlarge the church began less than 20 years later, Old St. Paul’s Cathedral was finally consecrated in 1300. Over the next few centuries the cathedral started to decay and thus the restoration of the cathedral begun in 1633 under the supervision of architect Inigo Jones. The nave and transepts were refaced in Portland stone and was remodelled with a portico. In 1642, restoration of the building was underway until the English Civil war put the project on hold.1 On 2nd September 1666, a major conflagration swept through the city damaging majority the city and it burned for four days and four nights, destroying 13,200 houses and 87 churches, including Old St. Paul’s Cathedral. After the fire, King at the time, Charles II, and the Lord Mayor quickly organised the reconstruction of the city. Nine days after the start of the fire Sir Christopher Wren produced a plan for the city which included a

Notre Dame, a cathedral in France, took 180 years to build. A cathedral is a catholic church that has a kathedra, the bishop's chair. Most cathedrals were built in the middle ages by bishops. They were in most capital cities and major towns. Cathedrals are beautiful with elaborate carvings and huge rose windows. Medieval people built great cathedrals using creative styles, innovative designs, and a complex process.