Sainte-Chapelle

(noun)

A chapel in the courtyard of the royal palace on the Île de la Cité, built to house Louis IX's collection of Holy relics.

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Examples of Sainte-Chapelle in the following topics:

  • Gothic Architecture: La Saint-Chapelle

    • Louis' personal chapel, La Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, was copied more than once by his descendants elsewhere.
    • La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel) is one of the only surviving buildings of the Capetian royal palace on the Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris, France.
    • Begun some time after 1239 and consecrated on April 26, 1248, the Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture.
    • La Sainte-Chapelle stands squarely upon a lower chapel, which served as parish church for all the inhabitants of the palace, which was the seat of government.
    • Saint Louis' Sainte-Chapelle epitomizes the Rayonnant Gothic style as was King Louis IX's personal chapel.

  • Rome and the Papal States

    • Because the Papacy wanted to surpass the grandeur of other Italian cities, the popes built increasingly extravagant churches, bridges, town squares, and public spaces, including a new Saint Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, Ponte Sisto (the first bridge to be built across the Tiber since antiquity), and Piazza Navona.
    • His main construction project was the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Palace .
    • Sixtus IV commissioned artists to work on the Sistine Chapel beginning in 1477; Michelangelo worked on the ceiling from 1508-1512.

  • Carolingian Painting in the Early European Middle Ages

    • The Abbey of Saint John at Müstair, Switzerland is the site of exceptionally well-preserved Carolingian art.
    • The bottom row contains scenes from the crucifixion of Saint Andreas.
    • The frescoes at Saint Benedikt at Mals, Italy are contemporary with those at neighboring Saint John at Müstair.
    • The mosaics were created in Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel at Aachen, whose interior remains adorned with arch-to-dome mosaics.
    • Restoration of the original that once adorned the Palatine Chapel.

  • Norman Stained Glass

    • Especially fine are large figures from around the year 1200 from Strasbourg Cathedral and Saint Kunibert's Church in Cologne, both in France.
    • The nave and transept clerestory windows mainly depict saints and Old Testament prophets.
    • It presents a diverse range of scenes from the Old and New Testaments, the Lives of Saints, and various miracles of the Virgin.
    • The windows in the radiating chapels have fared less well over time, and most of the surviving panels have been reassembled out of context in the axial chapel.
    • The Basilica of Saint Denis (also known as Basilique Saint-Denis) is a large medieval abbey church in the city of Saint-Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris.

  • Gothic Architecture: The Abbey Church of Saint Denis

    • The Abbey Church of Saint Denis, also known as the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis, is a large medieval abbey church in the commune of Saint Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris.
    • Saint Denis is a patron saint of France and, according to legend, was the first Bishop of Paris.
    • Suger's western extension was completed in 1140 and the three new chapels in the narthex were consecrated on June 9th of that year.
    • This is the west facade of the Basilica of Saint Denis.
    • Illustrate a timeline of the creation of the Abbey Church of Saint Denis

  • Architecture under the Merovingians

    • A feature of the basilica of Saint-Martin that became a hallmark of Frankish church architecture was the sarcophagus or reliquary of the saint raised to be visible and sited axially behind the altar, sometimes in the apse.
    • A number of other buildings, now lost, including the Merovingian foundations of Saint-Denis, St.
    • Gereonin Cologne, and the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, are described as similarly ornate.
    • One surviving church is Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains at Metz.
    • In the seventh century, the structure was converted into a church, becoming the chapel of a Benedictine convent.

  • Michelangelo

    • His most well known works are the David, the Last Judgment, and the Basilica of Saint Peter's in the Vatican.
    • In painting, Michelangelo is renowned for his work in the Sistine Chapel.
    • The work is part of a larger scheme of decoration within the chapel that represents much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church.
    • The work is located on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, which is not a traditional placement for the subject.
    • The fresco of The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel was commissioned by Pope Clement VII.

  • The Chora Church in Constantinople

    • Metochites's additions and reconstruction in the fourteenth century enlarged the ground plan from the original small, symmetrical church into a large, asymmetrical square that consists of three main areas: an inner and outer narthex or entrance hall, the naos or main chapel, and the side chapel, known as the parecclesion.
    • The parecclesion serves as a mortuary chapel and held eight tombs that were added after the area was initially decorated.
    • There are six domes in the church, three over the naos (one over the main space and two over smaller chapels), two in the inner narthex, and one in the side chapel.
    • The lower levels are reserved for painted images of saints and prophets and a decorative dado that mimics marble revetment.
    • Saints, prophets, martyrs and other righteous souls, including John the Baptist, King David, and King Solomon, from the Old Testament stand on either side of Christ.

  • Territorial Losses

    • The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle turned out to be only a short-lived truce in the conflict between Austria and Prussia over the province of Silesia while France and Britain were in conflict over colonial possessions.
    • During the war, Great Britain had conquered the French colonies of Canada, Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tobago, the French trading posts in India, the slave-trading station at Gorée, the Sénégal River and its settlements, and the Spanish colonies of Manila in the Philippines and Havana in Cuba.
    • Britain restored Manila and Havana to Spain, and Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Gorée, and the Indian trading posts to France.
    • In return, France ceded Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tobago to Britain.
    • Europe in the years after the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, source: Wikipedia.

  • Ravenna

    • The apse is flanked by two chapels, the prothesis and the diaconicon, typical for Byzantine architecture.
    • Inside, the intrados of the great triumphal arch is decorated with fifteen mosaic medallions, depicting Jesus Christ, the twelve Apostles, and Saint Gervasius and Saint Protasius, the sons of Saint Vitale.
    • Jesus Christ appears, seated on a blue globe in the summit of the vault, robed in purple, with his right hand offering the martyr's crown to Saint Vitale.