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2. Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal, Paris - Wikipedia

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   Cardinal Jean Verdier at the foundation ceremony of the future Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal Church in Paris in 1933. The Église Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal is located on the grounds of some old fortifications. [1] The population of the Paris neighborhood of the Porte de Saint-Cloud was growing fast in the 1920s, and a new church was needed.

3. Stained glass - Wikipedia

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   The stained glass of Islam is generally non-pictorial and of purely geometric design, but may contain both floral motifs and text. Stained glass creation had flourished in Persia (now Iran) during the Safavid dynasty (1501–1736 A.D.), and Zand dynasty (1751–1794 A.D.). [27]

4. French Gothic stained glass windows - Wikipedia

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   The makers of stained glass were declared exempt from taxes at the end of the 15th century by King Charles V of France. [25] Stained glass artists also began to have a wider variety of clients; not only kings but also wealthy aristocrats and merchants. Windows were made not only for cathedrals but also for town halls and palatial residences.

5. The Good Samaritan Window, Chartres Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   The Panels of Chartres Cathedral Windows, Creation and the Good Samaritan, contain 24 stained-glass windows. Plates one through three depict shoemakers, the funders of the window. Panels four through twelve from bottom to top depict the Story of the Good Samaritan, and the other panels - thirteen to twenty-four - depict the Story of Creation.

6. Rayonnant - Wikipedia

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   Rayonnant (French pronunciation: [ʁɛjɔnɑ̃]) style is the third of the four phases of Gothic architecture in France, as defined by French scholars. [8] [9] Related to the English division of Continental Gothic into three phases (Early, High, Late Gothic), it is the second and larger part of High Gothic.

7. Is This the Most Expensive Tiffany Stained-Glass Window of ...

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   When the dazzling 16-foot-high leaded stained- glass window arrived in Canton in 1913, it made front-page news—and postponed the new church’s dedication by a week because of a shipping delay.