canaries holidays
Canary Island holidays offer a balmy sub-tropical climate, book your holiday today.Cottages In The Cotswolds...
Visit a village in the Cotswold, with its cheerful inns, old stone houses and market places. Book a cottage here.Flights to Malta
Get handpicked real deals through dealchecker.co.uk and find flights to Malta that are perfect for your vacation. Get an opportunity to experience this Mediterranean destination.Flights to Singapore
Trying to find the best deals on flights to Singapore? Check out the online search on the Dealchecker.co.uk.Cheap Holiday Deals
Book your fantastic cheap holiday deals through BeatTheBrochure... Check us out online!Middle Eastern restaurants London
Have you wanted to check out some Middle Eastern restaurants in London? Well check out the reviews on Qype...
Cheap Holidays in Greece
Book cheap holidays in Greece and relax on the beach. Book online with On The Beach to book a brilliant holiday. High value holidays for low costs!olympic holidays
Check out Olympic Holidays on ulookubook.com They offer a wide range of holidays to suit each customer’s budget.Cheap holidays to the Dominican Republic
Holidays to the Dominican Republic are cheaper because it is a lower middle-income developing country.Museums London
So many choices. Get clued up on which museums will make it worth your time.London Eating Guide
London Eating Guide. The London Restaurant Guide come and find some great places to dine.
The Spirit of Religion
© 2007
Armchair Travel Co. Ltd. - This page may be used for non-commercial purposes
ONLY!
[ Play
Narrated Movie ] [ Virtual
Tour ] [ Main Topics
Index ]
Beneath a cross, whose rays pour down from the sky, representative figures of a nation kneel in prayer: a king, a mother and child, a man and a woman - he, a soldier. A bishop, with his back to us, reads from the prayerbook. And in the background, a part-built cathedral shows the growing, continuing power of a living faith.
In comparison to those in the Robing Room or the Royal Gallery the mural paintings in the Lord's Chamber are, if anything, recessive rather than dominant. It has been hard for them to compete with the craftsmanship of Pugin's interior details, in particualr the maginificance of the throne.
At the time of the commission Victorian historians were looking back to the Middle Ages and their teaching proclaimed the virtues of the 'High Middle Ages'. The commissioning body chose subject matter which therefore extolled such virtues which the Victorian Age sought in its society: justice, religion and chivalry. Three frescoes directly represent these, whilst in the other three these virtues are expressed in historical narrative. In one, Prince Henry encounters the meaning of justice; in another, King Ethelbert is baptised into the Church in recognition of religion; and Edward III expresses the spirit of chivalry by founding the Order of the Garter, and making his son a knight.
Additional Information on
The Spirit of Religion
Explore-Parliament.net: Advanced Category Search
Keyword Categories:
_Artist_Horsely
_Object_Painting
_Object_Artwork
_Event_Literary
_Religion