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Title
Rock Of Ages In North Dakota
Artist
Jeff Swan
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
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Typical steeple with components
A steeple, in architecture, is a tall tower on a building, topped by a spire and often incorporating a belfry and other components. Steeples are very common on Christian churches and cathedrals and the use of the term generally connotes a religious structure. They may be stand-alone structures, or incorporated into the entrance or center of the building.
Contents
1 Architectural
2 Threats to steeples
3 Images
4 See also
5 References
Architectural
Clock towers were not a part of Christian churches until about AD 600, when they were adapted from military watchtowers. At first they were fairly modest and entirely separate structures from churches. Over time, they were incorporated into the church building and capped with ever-more-elaborate roofs until the steeple resulted. St. Martin's church steeple, in Arbon, Switzerland, is a good example of such an early church tower. Once the entry tower to the Roman fort "Arbor Felix", it today stands as a separate tower, adapted in style over many centuries, but where in 612 AD, it very likely greeted the Irish missionary Gallus as he joined the already established Christian community there.
Towers are a common element of religious architecture worldwide and are generally viewed as attempts to reach skyward toward heavens and the divine.[1] Some wooden steeples like the one in Kingston, New York pictured below are built with large wooden structural members arranged like tent poles and braced diagonally inside both with wood and steel. The steeple is then clad with wooden boards and finished with slate tiles nailed to the boards using copper over gaps on corners where the slate would not cover.
Threats to steeples
Steeples can be vulnerable to earthquakes. A number of Romanian churches feature unusually slender steeples and over half of these have been lost to earthquakes.[2] Because of their height, steeples can also be vulnerable to lightning, which can start fires within steeples. An example of this is Holy Trinity Church in Luxemburg, Iowa, which lost its steeple in a fire which was believed to be started by a lightning strike.[3]
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March 7th, 2013
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Elgin, SC - United States
Awesome Capture! Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of Sky Art October 2023. Keep sharing!
Elgin, SC - United States
Awesome Capture! Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of Sky Art October 2023. Keep sharing!
Boulder, CO - United States
Brilliant composition, and you have certainly captured the desolation of winter in North Dakota.
Urbana, OH - United States
Your wonderful image has been featured in “Rural Decay and Deterioration”, I've also added a ‘Like’ and Favorited your image. Thank you for your submission.
Garland, TX - United States
Love this image in all it's starkness Jeff but the light from above gives the touch of warmth needed! Wonderful work! L/F
Melbourne, Vi - Australia
Congratulations, your artwork has been featured on the homepage of the Fine Art America group "Art From The Heart" Happy Holidays to You :) f/l/t/g+/fb - There is something very emotive about this work, Jeff. I love it.
Charlotte, NC - United States
Congrats...your awesome work has been featured in 500 views group and shared.
Londrigan, Vi - Australia
I'm the 600th viewer of this wonderful image, wow! Beautiful capture Jeff! L/F
Las Cruces, NM - United States
CONGRATULATIONS your outstanding artwork is FEATURED in the highly viewed Art Group: MOTIVATION MEDITATION INSPIRATION! From the hundreds of pieces of artwork received daily to review and choose from, your work has been chosen because of it's excellence!
Allen, Te - United States
Fantastic image Jeff. LOVE the composition with the vanishing point of the fence!! Beautiful. voted
Green Valley, AZ - United States
Stunning work, Jeff. Beautiful composition & light. Congratulations on your sale!
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