St. Andrew's Church is often called the swan song of the outstanding master of Russian architecture, Bartolomeo Rastrelli. It rises on one of the cliffs of Starokyivska Hill, on the site of a former bastion of the Starokyivska Fortress.
An old stained glass window and a newer one from Gloucester Cathedral. Edward II is buried to the left of the big, older stained glass window. Robert Curthose’s effigy is just outside the chapel with the newer stained glass window.
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Je ne regrette rien...🫶🏻
All photos taken (and unedited) by me upon my first visit. I don’t know why I waited so long, I was floored. 🖤😭
Roman Catholic parish church in neo-Gothic style, located on Strossmayer Square in Prague's Holesovice district.
The MET has a great new Gothic architecture exhibit that I had the pleasure to see yesterday when I went with my dad to see their temporary Raphael exhibit.
It includes notebooks with design ideas/concepts, floor plans, large blueprints of facades, etc. It’s incredible to see how they imagined and brainstormed the structural elements down to the finest details, and then somehow executed these plans with the most basic of tools. The unmatched precision in their artistry is mind-blowing—raw talent, pure genius and meticulous diligence aided by divine inspiration. Truly the apex of human accomplishment. You can get an idea of what they have there here: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/gothic-by-design-the-dawn-of-architectural-draftsmanship/exhibition-objects
I still can’t fathom how they did the math to figure out which mechanisms could work and how they measured with such exactness but I bought the MET’s book corresponding to the exhibit to hopefully get some more info and a better understanding. The book is really nice, filled with high quality images and more detailed information, so definitely worth $40 and surely a valuable addition to any bookcase.
The Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius is a Roman Catholic church in the Karlín district of Prague, Czech Republic. It is one of the largest religious buildings in the Czech Republic. Built in the mid-19th century, it remains one of the most important architectural landmarks of that period in the country. The church was built between 1854 and 1863 by architects Karel Rosner and Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann. Several Czech artists contributed to the church's design.