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Denis Suger

  The Gothic cathedral movement
.... The only aspect of his discussion that may relate at all to the architecture of St. Denis in particular is Suger's strong emphasis on the importance of light. ....
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Romanesque & Gothic Architectural Styles
.... Denis "the continuous flowing movement and interpenetration of spaces" makes the .... the clearly defined elements of Romanesque architecture." As Suger noted, the ....
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Architecture Comparison
.... Anthemiuys of Tralles and Isidorus of Melitus (The Byzantine Monuments, 2004, p. 2). Saint-Denis was rebuilt under the direction of Suger, Abbot of St. ....
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The Tree of Jesse
.... The version created by Suger and the artists of St.-Denis was a composition with such grandeur that it would be copied in subsequent generations in ways that ....
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Cathedral Building
.... It took a willful, politically-powerful personality to initiate a cathedral-building project - the strong-willed Abbot Suger at St.Denis, who had the ear of ....
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