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The Militant Church

The Militant Church We the Builders Links related to The Militant Church Gothic Art and the Militant Church Saint Anthony Royal Church Aranjuez You can follow VCrown work at: Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo

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Gothic Convent and Cloister

Gothic Convent and Cloister of San Francisco, Morella, Spain, XIV Century (Wikipedia Source, Cloister) A cloister (from Latin claustrum, “enclosure”) is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with openarcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to acathedral or [...]

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Up to the Choir

Up to the Choir Architecturally, the choir (Anglican alt. spelling quire) is the area of a church or cathedral, usually in the western part of the chancelbetween the nave and the sanctuary (which houses the altar). The choir is occasionally located in the eastern part of the nave. In some monastic churches the choir occupies the western [...]

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Gothic Art and the Militant Church

Gothic Art and the Militant Church Arcipestral Church of Santa María La Mayor Morella, Spain, Gothic Art The Gothic Art can be defined as the Art of the Militant Church, as  Gombrich mentions in his History of Art.: These powerful and challenging stone clusters erected by the Church in the lands of farmers and warriors [...]

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