![]() ![]() In this country painting at fresco continued having importance in the decoration of the cathedrals and monasteries as well as it was also a support structure that contribute to develop the Sienesa School where some painters highlighted among them Giotto. The sole exception in joining this trend was Italy where the stained glass windows did not reach the importance that those had in the rest of Europe during the early and middle gothic. ![]() The magnificent windows of the revival period in England are as well wordiest of mention. Not forgetting the Cologne Cathedral in Germany and the Amiens cathedral in France. Among the most notorious stand out those of the Cathedral of Chartres, the cathedrals of Bourges, Tours, Bayeux, the Cathedral of León and the Santa Chapel in Paris. It is not possible in fact to talk about the Gothic period without mentioning these impressive stained glass windows paints, whose effect on viewers is of undoubted dramatic effect. Through them light come from the outside showing beautiful and hypnotic paintings made by craftsmen glassmakers whose mastery during the Gothic period reached notorious splendor. As soon as the Gothic style acquire some popularity and a large number of churches, cathedrals and monasteries were built in different European capitals, the traditional fresco painting was declining as to be the medium of choice to decorate the walls, since these had been in that period largely replaced by huge multicolored stained glass windows. ![]()
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