Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Saint John's Abbey and University Church
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Accession Number:
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192160
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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Overall tree-quarter view of curving, trapezoidal church, entries and base of bell banner, from east
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Date of View:
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3/27/2011
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Image description:
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The north wall of the Abbey Church is 60 feet high and 168 feet wide, and is made of 430 hexagons of stained glass.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module EIGHT
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Culture:
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American
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Subject:
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Benedictines
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; churches; abbey churches
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; chapels (rooms or structures)
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious complexes; religious communities; abbeys (monasteries)
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Preferred Title:
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Saint John's Abbey and University Church
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Agent Display:
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Marcel Breuer (American architect, 1902-1981)
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Date:
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1958-1961 (creation)
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Materials:
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steel-reinforced concrete; stained glass
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Technique:
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stained glass
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Measurement:
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65 ft (height) x 180 ft (wide) x 225 ft (length)
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Alternate Title:
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Saint John¿s Abbey Church
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Locations:
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Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, United States
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Modernist
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Style/Period:
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Twentieth century
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Classification:
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Architecture
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