Dominican University of California
Sacred, Circles of Light:An Examination of Six San Francisco Bay Area rose Windows and Their Relationship to a Thousand-Year-Old Tradition
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The development of stained glass rose windows began in Western Europe with the emergence of Gothic religious architecture in the mid-twelfth century. Rose windows occupy a position of symbolic significance in late medieval cathedrals and churches. They employ geometric precision to embody the Neoplatonic synthesis of the concept of cosmic order and the metaphysics of light with the most exalted themes of Christian theology. By virtue of their archetypal form, found throughout the natural world and in the human unconscious, they offer contemplative qualities that transcend the imagery they contain. Since the mid-nineteenth century, the creation of rose windows has resumed. This study examines six San Francisco Bay Area rose windows individually, while relating each one to the larger context of the thousand-year-old tradition to which they belong.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 2001
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Wolfe, Neal
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Leslie Ross, PhD
- Philip Novak, PhD
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/227
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1226