Tracery Window Gallery

With soaring vaults and resplendent stained glass windows, Gothic architecture attempted to recreate a heavenly environment on earth. Elaborating on Romanesque styles, Gothic builders, beginning in the 12th century, further developed the use of flying buttresses and decorative tracery between stained glass windows thus creating interior spaces that dwarfed worshippers and dazzled their senses.

The innovations of Gothic architecture were premised on the ideas developed by Abbot Suger that earthly light contained divine light and that the physical edifice of the church needed to make this concept tangible. Revolutionary transformations of flying buttresses and groin vaulting allowed the inclusion of more stained glass windows in the church’s structure, thus transforming the everyday sunlight into a prism of colors that danced over the surfaces of the stone and reminded worshippers of God’s divine presence.

Most of the windows in this gallery are based on the gothic tracery designs of R.W. Billings (1815-1874).

Louella

Louella

Tracery Window

8x8 Shadow Box, SOLDMichael HarrisMay 22, 2024Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Araminta

Araminta

Tracery Window

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisMarch 20, 2024Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Salina

Salina

Tracery Window

8x8 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisMarch 20, 2024Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Regana

Regana

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisJanuary 29, 2024Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Presley

Presley

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisDecember 28, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Greig

Greig

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisDecember 28, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Marissa

Marissa

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisDecember 28, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Georgeanna

Georgeanna

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisDecember 28, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Dilwen

Dilwen

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisDecember 28, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Ivor

Ivor

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow boxMichael HarrisDecember 27, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Kenelm

Kenelm

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisNovember 1, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery, MTO

Montague

Montague

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow boxMichael HarrisNovember 1, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery, MTO

Piaras

Piaras

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow boxMichael HarrisSeptember 20, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery, MTO

Weston

Weston

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow boxMichael HarrisSeptember 20, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery, MTO

Gilleasbuig

Gilleasbuig

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow boxMichael HarrisSeptember 20, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery, MTO

Kelan

Kelan

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow boxMichael HarrisSeptember 20, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery, MTO

Kieron

Kieron

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisSeptember 19, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery, MTO

Talbot #1

Talbot #1

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisAugust 21, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery, MTO

Lavinia

Lavinia

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisAugust 21, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery

Claude

Claude

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow boxMichael HarrisAugust 21, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery