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“Retrochoir” 11x14 acrylic on canvas. This painting is the back view of the Cathedral Rock trail end in Sedona, AZ. The front view is breathtaking, but looking back, Sedona’s iconic rock forms stand in the distance, cathedral-like in their own way. In actual cathedrals, a retrochoir is the area tucked behind the altar. Not always the focal point, but still an architectural stand out.✨ Part of what I love so much about desert landscapes is that they beg you to look around. Sometimes the most inspiring view is the one behind you. #desertlandscape #sedonahiking #sedonapainting #abstractlandscapepainting #abstractlandscape #redrockcanyon #sedonavortex #artinprogress #paintingprocess #maddiereissart #vortexcollection #landscapepainter #landscapeartist #highcontrast #vibrantart #retrochoir (at Cathedral Rock) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnZuTeEOjuC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dragon Boss from Winchester, England dated to 1240 on display at the Winchester Cathedral in Winchester, England

This exceptionally fine vaulting boss was originally formed as part of the connection where two stone vaulting ribs crossed each other. It features two vigorously carved drgons, each biting the others tail. The boss may have come from Bishop Langton's chantry chapel, part of the early 13th century retrochoir, the interior of a cathedral or large church behind the high altar.

Photographs taken by myself 2023

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Unfinished Chapels

As Capelas Imperfeitas (The Unfinished Chapels) remain as a testimony of the fact that the monastery was never actually finished. They form a separate octagonal structure tacked on the choir of the church (via a retrochoir) and only accessible from the outside. It was commissioned in 1437 by King Edward of Portugal ("Dom Duarte", d.1438) as a second royal mausoleum for himself and his descendants. But he and his queen Eleanor of Aragon are the only ones buried here (Eleanor died in exile in Toledo in 1445, her remains were only translated here in 1456).

The original design, begun by Huguet, was altered by successive architects, especially Mateus Fernandes (who is buried inside the church). The octagonal rotunda has seven radiating hexagonal chapels. In the corners of the chapels stand the massive unfinished buttresses, that were intended to support the vault. These pillars, designed by Diogo Boitac, are decorated with Manueline motives carved in stone.

The portal rises to a monumental fifteen metres. It was originally built in Gothic style, but was transformed beyond recognition by Mateus Fernandes into a masterpiece of Manueline style (completed in 1509). It is completely decorated into a lacework of sumptuous and stylized Manueline motives : armillary, spheres, winged angels, ropes, circles, tree stumps, clover-shaped arches and florid projections. This homage of King Manuel I to his predecessor King Edward mentions his motto Leauté faray tam yaserei (I will always be loyal). This motto is then repeated more than two hundred times in the arches, vaults and pillars of the chapels.

The Renaissance loggia, added at about 1533, was probably meant for musicians. It is ascribed to the architect João de Castilho.

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⛪️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #England’s #cathedrals are booming, even as parish churches are in decline. Attendance at Church of England cathedral services is up 14% in a decade and that does not include tourist visits. No one quite knows why. It appears to be a combination of music – especially evensong – fine art, architecture and coffee. In the language of the age, the cathedral offers an experience without a commitment. So which are the finest? Read on...

10. Norwich

With its in-your-face tower and nave so grandly Romanesque you wonder why anyone bothered with gothic. The carved medieval figures on the doorway surrounds are delightful.

9. Salisbury

The only cathedral designed in one go, and rather tedious as a result. But the view of the steeple is incomparable, a defining image of Englishness. The chapter house and cathedral close are exquisite.

8. Winchester

Once the cathedral of a capital city, now famed for its west wall of Perpendicular glass and seemingly endless nave, giving way to a Norman transept more like a fortress than a church. The east end is an exhibition hall of shrines and chantries. As Winchester was built in a flood plain, its crypt is full of water, in which a naked Antony Gormley statue stands up to his shins, gazing at his cupped hands.

7. Westminster Abbey

A jaded stage set for the rituals of monarchy, but its ambulatory is a fascinating junk shop of memorials of the great and no longer great, Highgate cemetery come to town. Beyond lies Henry VII’s chapel, which, with its fan vault and dripping pendants, is surely the most dazzling interior in the land.

6. York Minster

A thumping Perpendicular palace, awesome from around the city walls. The largest cathedral by volume in England, with its newly restored east window containing the finest medieval glass.

5. Canterbury

Silvery limestone towers beckon pilgrims across the Kent landscape to the earliest gothic work in England. A gruesome statue marks the spot where Thomas Becket died. The ancient crypt carvings are both terrifying and hilarious.

4. Durham

A massive assertion of Norman power over the rebellious north, it’s the most superbly sited of all cathedrals. The drum roll of its mighty nave builds up to the spectacular retrochoir of double windows and weird sculptures.

3. Lincoln

A mysterious warren of a cathedral, looking bashed about and in need of restoration. Its “crazy” vault mystifies all who try to read it, while the Angel Choir boasts the imp turned to stone for insulting an angel.

2. Ely

The ship of the Fens, its towers best seen floating on a morning mist across the fields. The swirling upward view inside the central lantern is near psychedelic – the view down from the gallery no less so. Exquisite carvings in its Lady Chapel still bear the scars of iconoclast vandalism.

1. Wells

Its sculpted west front glows incomparably in the sunset, its giant scissor arches uplift its crossing, and its column capitals offer an encyclopedia of medieval life. Wells also boasts the most serene chapter house anywhere.

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No, you mean Gatorade... And electrolytes. You're thinking of retrochoir

Wait jk Mercury goes into retrograde on the 4th

I love retro

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Fan vault in retrochoir, Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England

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Retrochoir of the Roman Catholic cathedral of Seville.

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Picture of the day on June 19, 2017: Retrochoir of the Roman Catholic cathedral of Seville, Seville, Spain. This wonderful Baroque style retrochoir is work of Miguel de Zumárraga and was finalized in 1635. It was constructed with precious materials like marmor or jasper and it’s decorated with bas-relieves and bronce busts. The gothic painting […] from Picture of the day for June 19, 2017

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Antonio Velardo photo: Antonio Velardo shares Picture of the day for June 19, 2017 Wikipedia picture of the day on June 19, 2017: Retrochoir of the Roman Catholic cathedral of Seville, Seville, Spain.

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Retrochoir of the Roman Catholic cathedral of Seville, Seville, Spain. This wonderful Baroque style retrochoir is work of Miguel de Zumárraga and was finalized in 1635. It was constructed with precious materials like marmor or jasper and it's decorated with bas-relieves and bronce busts. The gothic painting in the middle shows the Virgin of Los Remedios, very popular in the Reconquista times and still very devoted in Spain. The temple is since 1987 a World Heritage Site according to the UNESCO and is the largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world. When it was completed, at the beginning of the 16th century, it became the successor of Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world, a title the Byzantine church had held for nearly a thousand years. The cathedral is also the burial site of Christopher Columbus. http://ift.tt/2rLbitM

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Wikipedia PoD: Retrochoir of the Roman Catholic cathedral of Seville, Seville, Spain. This wonderful Baroque style retrochoir is work of Miguel de Zumárraga and was finalized in 1635. It was constructed with precious materials like marmor or jasper and it's decorated with bas-relieves and bronce busts. The gothic painting in the middle shows the Virgin of Los Remedios, very popular in the Reconquista times and still very devoted in Spain. The temple is since 1987 a World Heritage Site according to the UNESCO and is the largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world. When it was completed, at the beginning of the 16th century, it became the successor of Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world, a title the Byzantine church had held for nearly a thousand years. The cathedral is also the burial site of Christopher Columbus. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trascoro,_Catedral_de_Sevilla,_Sevilla,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2015-12-06,_DD_109-111_HDR.JPG

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Wikipedia picture of the day on June 19, 2017: Retrochoir of the Roman Catholic cathedral of Seville, Seville, Spain. This wonderful Baroque style retrochoir is work of Miguel de Zumárraga and was finalized in 1635. It was constructed with precious materials like marmor or jasper and it's decorated with bas-relieves and bronce busts. The gothic painting in the middle shows the Virgin of Los Remedios, very popular in the Reconquista times and still very devoted in Spain. The temple is since 1987 a World Heritage Site according to the UNESCO and is the largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world. When it was completed, at the beginning of the 16th century, it became the successor of Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world, a title the Byzantine church had held for nearly a thousand years. The cathedral is also the burial site of Christopher Columbus. http://ift.tt/2rLmJSh via Facebook http://ift.tt/2runUpM