Text 6 (Number 37-45)Mostly found in the places of worship, stained glass has been used by artists around the world for millennia for art enterprises and installations. Escalating the architectonics with distinct color, the process of stained glass adverts to a special action in which glass has been colored via metallic oxides during its production, and uses variants of additives to create a range of hues and tones of color.It dates back to around the 7th century, on which the application of stained glass in architecture was started. At that time, the embellishment of religious structures such as churches, abbeys and convents was started. St Pauls Monastery in Jarrow was one of the earliest known examples according to excavations. Islamic architecture followed the same step, by gamishing mosques and palaces by the 8th century. The thrifty glass industries were in Syna, Egypt, Iran and Iraq.Moving forward to the Middle Ages, stained glass windows were easily found upon countless churches over Europe. The design was simpler in form until around the 12th century, the pattern of stained glass shifted into far moreresplendenceduring the Gothich period as the attention to both height and light was even more stressed. In the scale of monumental these Gothic windows were able to bolster more intricate glass work, including rose and arched lancet windows which were more decorative in nature, and let more light to get inside.In Romanesque architecture, stained glass was often used depict the actions of individuals in the series of events related to Bible enclosed within medallions, by utilizing its firm quality and the existence of columns, followed by its dominating vibe. The primitive variant of stained glass, the style commonly used red and blue hues. Sadly, as time goes by many pieces have been lost and few remain.In France. Chartres Cathedral which was built in 1252, at the time on which Romanesque and Gothic flounshed, presents one of the most important examples of Romanesque-style stained glass in France.Both the Christ and the Virgin Mary depiction was brought into life with the color that is best seen during sunset. The religious ambience from the illustration rises as the warm light irradiatesit.A different approach to the use of stained glass in architecture was adopted during the Renaissance period. Whilst remaining mostly biblical in nature, stained glass was also used insecularbuildings, like in town halls and even in residential buildings. Applied onto clear glass windows in homes, panels with stain and paint in silver were often used on white glass, with the labors of the seasons' and historic scenes being a popular theme of this era. Illustration of people became more emotive and perspectives became more precise.The late Middle Ages and the 19th century witnessed a decline of interest in stained glass. The wave of new Protestants were not fond of elaborate decoration, and they called for simpler and plain building, much more different than their Catholic Church counterpart, which had been the key patron of the arts. The solicitation from the Puritan groups and the English parliament, which sought to remove images of the Virgin Mary and the Trinity, caused the destruction of stained glass. The sheer cost of replacing the colored glass with more ordinary clear ones finally ended this destruction.The word "resplendence" in line 12 could best be replaced by...
A. Cuspidor
B. Splendor
C. Opulence
D. Radiance ✓ Benar
Jawaban benar: D
Pembahasan
D. RadianceKata "resplendence" mengacu pada sesuatu yang sangat indah atau bercahaya. Dalam konteks ini, digunakan untuk menggambarkan bagaimana pola kaca patri menjadi lebih cemerlang dan indah selama periode Gotik. Kata “radiance” berarti keindahan yang mempesona atau kemegahan.
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