Rose window, Notre Dame

Posted by Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 26 January 2005 in Architecture and Portfolio.

I love this church. If ever there was one that inspired me, it was Notre Dame. This is her southern rose window, sa grande fenêtre rose, as seen in the setting sun, hence the warm colours and deep contrast. For a sense of scale, the inner circle is probably about 2 metres (6 feet) in height, with the entire window having a diameter of 13 metres (42 feet). The idea to do a tight, off-centered crop of the window pattern came from Benny's picture Reading Room, one of the many great photos from his site photo.bwong.net.

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