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).

Lorelle

Lorelle

Tracery Window

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

Geraint

Geraint

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow boxMichael HarrisAugust 21, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Kimball

Kimball

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow boxMichael HarrisAugust 21, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Marvyn #1

Marvyn #1

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow boxMichael HarrisAugust 21, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Laurent

Laurent

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow boxMichael HarrisAugust 21, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Septima #1

Septima #1

Tracery Window Variation

9X9 ShadowboxMichael HarrisAugust 21, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Variations, Tracery Mandala Variations, Gothic Tracery, Tracery Window

Everleigh #1

Everleigh #1

Tracery Window Variation

9X9 Shadowbox, SOLDMichael HarrisAugust 21, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Variations, Tracery Mandala Variations, Gothic Tracery, Tracery Window

Riordan #1

Riordan #1

Tracery Window Variation

9X9 ShadowboxMichael HarrisAugust 21, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Variations, Tracery Mandala Variations, Gothic Tracery, Tracery Window

Thurstan

Thurstan

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow boxMichael HarrisJune 12, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery

Bertrand

Bertrand

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow boxMichael HarrisMay 23, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Bridger

Bridger

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow boxMichael HarrisMarch 12, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Cathán

Cathán

Tracery Window Variation

9X9 ShadowboxMichael HarrisMarch 12, 2023RW Billings, Tracery Variations, Tracery Mandala Variations, Gothic Tracery

Maurie

Maurie

Tracery Window Variation

12x12 Shadow BoxMichael HarrisMarch 12, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window Variation, Tracery Window

Jonty

Jonty

Tracery Window

12x12 shadow box, SOLDMichael HarrisFebruary 16, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Amalthea

Amalthea

Tracery Window Variation

12x12 Shadow Box, SOLDMichael HarrisFebruary 16, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window Variation, Tracery Window

Theotimus

Theotimus

Tracery Window

9X9 shadow boxMichael HarrisFebruary 16, 2023Gothic Tracery, RW Billings, Tracery Window

Juliano

Juliano

Tracery Mandala Variation Paper Sculpture

9X9 ShadowboxMichael HarrisDecember 21, 2022RW Billings, Tracery Variations, Tracery Mandala Variations, Gothic Tracery

Kiran

Kiran

Tracery Mandala Variation Paper Sculpture

9X9 ShadowboxMichael HarrisDecember 21, 2022RW Billings, Tracery Variations, Tracery Mandala Variations, Gothic Tracery

Greyson

Greyson

Tracery Mandala Variation Paper Sculpture

9X9 ShadowboxMichael HarrisDecember 21, 2022Tracery Variations, RW Billings, Gothic Tracery, Tracery Mandala Variations

Griffith

Griffith

Tracery Mandala Paper Sculpture

9X9 shadow boxMichael HarrisDecember 21, 2022Tracery Mandala, Gothic Tracery, RW Billings