Building model churches on computers

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Building model churches on computers

• Brian Farrimond
• Liverpool Hope University

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Churches

• Places where Christians worship God
• Some in this country are over 1000 years old

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Examples of churches
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Inside a church
Chancel (where the altar is)
Nave (where the people sit on benches)
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Inside a church
Chancel (where the altar is)
Nave (where the people sit on benches)
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Examples of churches
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Examples of churches
Tower (where the bells hang)
Buttresses (supports for the walls)
Porch (fancy door into the church)
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Examples of churches
North
East
West
South
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Examples of churches
Nave
Transept
Crossing tower
North
East
Chancel
West
Transept
Side aisle
South
Porch
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Examples of churches
Crossing tower
Nave
Transept
Sideaisle
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Examples of churches
Spire
Tower (bells)

• Can you see
• Nave
• Chancel
• Sideaisle
• Porch
• Tower
• Spire ?

Nave (people)
Chancel (altar)
Sideaisle
Porch
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Examples of churches
Spire
Tower (bells)

• Which way is
• East
• West
• South ?

Nave (people)
Chancel (altar)
East
West
Sideaisle
Porch
South
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Examples of churches
Nave (people)
Crossing tower

• Can you see
• Nave
• Chancel
• Sideaisle
• Porch
• Crossing tower
• Transept ?

Chancel (altar)
Sideaisle
Porch
Transept
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Examples of churches
Nave (people)
Crossing tower

• Which end is
• East
• West ?

West
Chancel (altar)
East
Sideaisle
Porch
Transept
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Examples of churches
Crossing tower

• Can you see
• Nave
• Chancel
• Crossing tower
• Sideaisle
• Transepts
• West towers

Nave (people)
Chancel (altar)
Sideaisle
Transepts
West towers
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Examples of churches

• Which end is
• East
• West ?

East
West
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Inside a church
Chancel (where the altar is)
Columns (holding up the nave wall)
Sideaisle (extra benches for people)
Nave (where the people sit on benches)
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Warming up exercise
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Warming up exercise
Spire
Crossing tower
Chancel
Transept
Nave
Sideaisle
Porch
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Part 2

• Building bigger churches

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The Romans

• When people wanted to build bigger churches they
  looked at what the Romans did.
• Plenty of Roman buildings still lying around for
  church builders to look at.

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Pont du Gard(Roman aqueduct)
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The Colosseum in Rome (Gladiators, Circuses)
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Applying Roman building ideas to churches

• Riveaux Abbey

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We can do the same