Vocabulary to know- Shape of a typical Gothic church – cross Nave – long center aisle

2. Vocabulary to know- Shape of a typical Gothic church – cross Nave – long center aisle Transept- “arms” of the cross Choir – beyond the transept “Head” of the cross Aisles – either side of the Nave

3. Nave is taller than the aisles due to the clerestory windows All Gothic churches have vaulted ceilings Flying Buttress – arch which displaces weight and gives support Façade – front of the church, west side Makes a powerful impression Portal – main door on the Façade side Tympanum – doors on either side of the portal

4. The church itself is a microcosm for life The balance between all things on earth Built for the ‘greater glory of God’

5. Canterbury Cathedralhome to: The Church of England St. Thomas a’ Becket The Back Prince

6. Canterbury Cathedral

7. Canterbury Cathedral – traditional Gothic church, cross shaped

8. Man Defining God Light and Space Your eyes automatically are drawn upward to the “heavens” as you try to try to take in the size and beauty of it all

9. Like God, light and space cannot be touched nor given any concrete or tangible true shape The vast openness of the church and the reflected colored light was their definition and image of God

10. Faith is believing without proof

11. Difficult not to believe that there is something greater than man when we view the talent man has been given

13. Surrounded by a special presence

14. Using arches or ‘buttresses’ the weight of the ceiling and walls is shifted outwards and down Allowing the walls to be higher thinner and full of windows

17. Buttress creates aisles on either side

18. Looking from the back towards the front

19. Ceiling of the nave looking towards the back

20. The Arch-Bishop’s Pulpit The Arch-bishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader of the church of England

21. Looking down on the left “arm” or the transept of the cross

22. Chapel of Saints and Martyrs of Our Own Time,

23. Chapel of Saints and Martyrs of Our Own Time This little chapel is used to contain the crown, (corona) of Beckett's skull severed by his assassin's s sword

24. At the foot of the main alter

25. Chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury

26. King Henry’s Chapel

27. Ceiling in the King Henry chapel

28. Where the nave meets the transept of the cross

29. Henry ‘hinted at’ Thomas being a thorn in the side of the King. The death of Thomas by King Henry’s knights

30. Altar marking location of Thomas Becket's martyrdom

31. King meets Archbishop St. Thomas a’ Becket

32. Pilgrim worn stairs to the shrine of St. Thomas

33. Tomb of King Henry IV

34. The tomb of Archbishop Chichele

35. The tomb of Archbishop Chichele.

36. Who’s that under the Archbishop?

37. Prince Edward, the Black Prince

38. Detail of Prince Edward- Black Prince

39. Stain Glass Windows Teaching the Bible through pictures Advertising for the Guilds

40. Stories from the New Testament

41. Old Testament stories

42. Adam planting Noah releases the dove

43. Tongues of fire at Pentecost

44. The Crucifixion

45. Close up - The Crucifixion

46. The Resurrection

47. The Resurrection- close-up

48. Close-up Moses striking the stone for water

49. The Entombment

50. The Ascension