Architectural Relief Project.

This assignment is an Architectural Relief project instructing us to select four architectural time periods, and by merging/combining/and adapting the elements and principles of each style, we are to create a relief sculpture that will demonstrate our inspirations of two, out of the original four.

I chose these four cathdrals,(below) and then thought about 

The Four Marks of the Church... a term used to describe four specific adjectives of the Christian Church,  "one","holy", "catholic", and "apostolic". . .

"One" as in one body, one Spirit, one Lord, and one church. I drew theAngel to represent "One"
The church is "holy", because God is holy. "...upon this rock I will build my church." The Pointed stone arch is the "rock" that I made from masking tape.
The word "catholic" is a Greek adjective meaning "universal", or "whole",
where my whole cathedral  combines the "apostolic" . . . the four churches, The Catholic Church, The Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, and The Church of the East. 

The following four cathedrals that I chose, are of each of these four orders mentioned, and each one also represents the actual places mine and my husbands ancestors originated from.

Cathedral of Trier, Trier Germany

Romanesque Design -c.340AD.
The Cathedral of Trier is the oldest cathedral in Germany, still being used today. 
                              

Saint Andrews Cathedral in St. Andrews, Scotland

Saint Andrew's Cathedral is Gothic-evolved, from Romanesque architecture, that was eventually succeeded by the Renaissance architecture. Its characteristics include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress.

A flying buttress is made up of two parts: the buttress, a large masonry block; and the “flyer,” an arch spanning between the buttress and the exterior wall.

Westminster Cathedral, London, England   

Neo-Byzantine - c.1903 

St. Michael's Basilica, Mirimachi, New Brunswick, Canada

Neo Gothic-c. 1921 AD.The Gothic Revival movement emerged in 19th century England.n the mid-18th century, with the rise of "Romanticism", an increased interest and awareness of the Middle Ages.

"Kimmy's Cathedral"