A New Material Interpretation of Twelfth-Century Architecture
Jason Crow
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A New Material Interpretation of Twelfth-Century Architecture

Reconstructing the Abbey of Saint-Denis

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Today, we perceive Gothic cathedrals as light-filled forms representing the sacred. The colored light projected from brightly-colored stained glass windows onto the walls and floors of these buildings suggests the presence of divinity. Suger (1081-1151CE), the abbot of the monastery of Saint-Denis, is credited with originating Gothic architecture. However, focus on form and structure has elided attention to the material out of which medieval churches were made. When Suger describes the early church he was replacing, he says that the gold and gems it contained beamed outwardly with a gleaming l...