MODERN VS. TRADITION BACKGROUND & HISTORY • The Co-Cathedral of the Scared Heart located in Downtown, Houston. On November 22, 1896, they opened the Co-Cathedral of the Scared Heart, and the people going to the church had increased every since. To deal the growing community in 2002 Archbishop Fiorenza worked with the firm of Ziegler Cooper to design the New Co-Cathedral of the Scared Heart. The project finished in 2008, and the total cost of the project is $49 million dollars. It gave the church the whole new look compare to the old church. • The Cathedral of Christ Light is located in Oakland. According to the church website, the church established in 1962. In 1989 with the Loma Prieta earthquake made the church damage to the point that it …show more content…
With the rich materials, and abstraction in its volumes. The architect has pushed the design to it limit on modern style but still has the traditional features of a church. • The design of the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland is completely different from the Co-Cathedral in Houston. All the features, and all the design of the church is all modern. They used glass wall to cover the building, and many other modern material. The design had make the church look completely different from the traditional church. WHAT IDEAS AND/OR QUESTIONS ARE YOU PLANNING TO RESEARCH? • The questions I am planning to research is that should the church design be modern or should it be between modern and traditional and still have some feature of the old church? WHY IS THIS OF ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE? • The significance of the Co-Cathedral in Houston it that the architect of the church has successfully combine the two style between traditional, and modern. Which gave a building a breath taking look. Not like other church, the Co-Cathedral has its own problems, one of them is the location, because the Co-Cathedral located near the center of Downtown, Houston, it got all the car noises coming into the
.... The rituals and ceremonies that occurred in that time, fit the design of the church. Similarly, the Mormon Temple's unusual shaped rooms and structures fits the uses intended for them by the Latter Day Saints. The San Diego Temple is not by any means a duplicate of the Chartres Cathedral. It merely borrowed some aesthetic features characteristic of the Gothic style of architecture. The Chartres Cathedral can be seen as the bridge between the early to high Gothic periods back in medieval times, a classic. The Mormon Temple, however, is only a conglomeration of architectural elements designed to meet the needs of the Latter Day Saints. It cannot be put in the same class as classical Cathedral of Chartres. The two churches, while both drawing attention to themselves, one does it in a classical way, the other, making a spectacle of itself. href=index.html> back to va11
In conclusion, I admire the work ethic of the individuals who built this cathedral because it shows work ethic, precise with mathematics, and a strong religious faith. During this Gothic time frame in history majority of their art resembled images that the Holy Bible describes. Religion during this time period was represented very well even experts are still amazed as to how this cathedral were built so tall and high. Even though this cathedral has been exposed to stress, with the assistant with the flying buttress, ribbed ceiling, and metal this cathedral will be an ongoing restorative process so that it will be around for generation here to come to admire its beauty.
The Mission Concepcion was first built in East Texas in 1716, but they only stayed there for fifteen years do to hardships. After this it and two other missions moved to San Antonio. The missions were rebuilt on the San Antonio river on March 5, 1731. While Concepcion was built in east Texas just out of logs and thatch the new Conception was built to last it is still standing today. It was built so well it is the only mission in San Antonio that the walls, roofs, and other major structures have never collapsed. The Concepcion is not only the oldest standing stone church in Texas but in the nation. “Father Habig, historian for the Franciscan Order, states un-equivocally that ‘it is the oldest church of the Immaculate Concepcion of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the United States” (saconservation 1).
Before this council, the way a church building would have been set out was very different. A church built prior to 1962 would have been built as if it were a large cross if you were to look at it from the sky.
According to the official website for St. Patrick's Cathedral, the cathedral was first opened in 1879, after it had begun construction in 1858. Archbishop John Hughes announced his idea of building a “new” St. Patricks Cathedral over one hundred fifty years ago. The purpose of building the new cathedral in the Archbishop's eyes was to build a cathedral that was worthy of the mass numbers of catholics in the area, their intelligence, and wealth as a community. Archbishop Hughes believed that one day, this cathedral would be the “heart of the city.” He also believed that nothing would be able to divert the construction of this soon-to-be gothic cathedral. In October and November of 1878, the Great Cathedral Fair was held for a few weeks. Hughes' successor, John McCloskey became head of the dedication of the Cathedral. The architect responsible for building this cathedral was James Renwick. In 1853, he was hired to build this cathedral with a budget of only $850,000, not including the altars, furnishings for chapels, organs and other furniture. The stone that Renwick chose to use for the cathedral was white marble.
The church's architecture over all is simple. It is 24 by 34 square feet and set on a stone wall. It is a frontier style cabin and is made from hand hewn logs, which are notched at each end so that they fit together snugly at the corners. The roof is shingled...
When the cathedrals were being constructed, the musicians at the time would create sounds according to the structure of the building. The resulting musical sounds illuminated the church, and the lives of the people who composed and performed it. Nobody had heard before such music. It was modern back at that time. Also, buildings and the music were there for the glory of God. Most if not all of the music was composed for the church to praise God.
After walking inside and trying to first experience, the church, and all its beauty and ornateness, I began examining the floor plan and elevations of the cathedral. Grace Cathedral was build in a gothic style, which it represents in its architecture inside and out. There were three huge rose windows. One at the very top of the main entrance and one on either end of the transept. There wer...
A Spiritual City – Visit to St Patrick’s Cathedral As you wander around the Cathedral and its gardens, remember to not just race around and answer the questions, but also to be still and enjoy the experience. St Patrick’s Cathedral Melbourne began in 1858 and consecrated in 1897, at a time when the population had grown because of the Gold Rushes. There were many immigrants – many of whom came from Ireland. St Patrick’s occupies a total area of 3251 square acres, has an interior length of 92.25 metres, the width of the nave is 23.31 metres and the height of the spires to the top of the cross is 105.8 metres.
The exterior is stuccoed brick which was then whitewashed, giving the cathedral a vibrant yet pure aura complimented by rich, light brown accents. Both the blue spires and the whitewashed stuccoe were not original parts of the building but were added by The Right Reverend Thomas A. Becker in 1896. The Gothic styles seen executed in this cathedral are both Early and High Gothic. Stained glass windows are noticeable from the outside but their content and magnificence can not be comprehended until one actually enters the
Q: Use St Peter’s basilica and Donato Bramante’s Tempietto in Rome, in opposition to John Balthasar Neumann’s Pilgrimage Church of Vierzehnheiligen in Bamburg, Germany, to argue that a rational engagement with architecture is a more effective means to comprehend and understand architectural form.
There are a lot of amazing sacred buildings throughout our historical times, a lot of these amazing architectural building's, most of these amazing buildings are , churches, places of worship that were built to reflect the people who believed to the different religions to the god's, goddess, figure's of worship they believed in enough to represent these sacred architectural places for other followers and for places of worship even today . I'll be telling you about Dome of the Rock and Salisbury Cathedral and what makes them sacred building’s, the time periods, the figure's of worship that inspired these amazing architecture historical building's.
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The intention of cathedrals was to inspire those who came to pray, learn, and worship (Macaulay, Cathedral 4), and to create a deeper connection to God. Religious art made its mark by creating images of Biblical events, and characters. The depiction of Christ as a tall bearded man, and the iconic representation of The Lord’s Supper are attributed to artists’ imaginations. Religious symbols are prevalent today. When you go throughout the world, you see churches and cathedrals with steeples, and some with crosses (The Meaning of the Cross). Many Christians wear a cross as a reminder that Christ died on a cross for their sins (The Meaning of the Cross). Religious imagery has had a remarkable influence on Christianity. First, religious imagery is used in places of worship, such as Cathedrals, offering deeper connections to God, making spiritual power the Cathedral’s core (Taylor 5). Secondly, religious imagery engages the viewer’s sense of vision, as an extension of storytelling by depicting Christianity and religion in art (Martin 4). Thirdly, religious imagery uses symbols and rituals to lead people to God, and to provide a clearer meaning of their beliefs (Dilasser