style de chapelle

chapel \CHAP-ul\ noun. 1 : a subordinate or private place of worship. 2 : a place of worship used by a Christian group other than an established church. 3 : a choir of singers belonging to a chapel. 4 : a chapel service or assembly at a school or college.

Gothic Rayonnant style Sainte-Chapelle, royal chapel in the Gothic Rayonnant style in the Île de la Cité in Paris, France. Gothic architecture is often most notable for its size and grandeur, but Sainte-Chapelle is a magnificent exception.

Neoclassicism in music was a twentieth-century trend, particularly current in the interwar period, in which composers sought to return to aesthetic precepts associated with the broadly defined concept of "classicism", namely order, balance, clarity, economy, and emotional restraint.

The Sainte-Chapelle is a French royal chapel in the Gothic style. It was built in the 13th century by King Louis IX, who would later become Saint Louis. Its location was originally attached to the royal palace in Paris, but the palace was later demolished.

On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chapel, such as: church, sanctuary, shrine, bethel, chantry, and oratory.

The chapel built in the 15th century is the oldest surviving building. This is my chapel, my place of escape. In the former hospital, the chapel was the place where they used to meet. I last saw him lying dead in the hospital chapel.

Precious vestige of the royal palace of the CityThe Sainte-Chapelle was built in the middle of the 13th century by Louis IX, future Saint Louis, to house the most prestigious relic of the Passion of Christ: the Crown of Thorns and a fragment of the True Cross.

Some of the most important examples of the Rayonnant Gothic style can be found in Sainte Chappelle of Paris, Reims Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral. The style lasted until about 1340, when the Black Death struck France and architectural innovation ground to a halt for a decade.

: of, relating to, or constituting a revival or adaptation of the classical especially in literature, music, art, or architecture.

Neoclassical architecture was based on the principles of simplicity, symmetry, and mathematics, which were seen as virtues of the arts in Ancient Greece and Rome. It also evolved the more recent influences of the equally antiquity-informed 16th century Renaissance Classicism.

The Haussmann style of architecture, also known as Haussmannian, is the architecture that has defined modern-day Paris. In the 19th century, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, a Parisian official with no architectural background, revamped the city at the request of Emperor Napoleon III.

A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common type of these.