French Gothic stained glass windows were an important feature of French Gothic architecture, particularly cathedrals and churches built between the 12th century and 16th century. While stained glass had been used in French churches in the Romanesque period, the Gothic windows were much larger, eventually filling entire walls. They were particularly important in the High Gothic cathedrals, most famously in Chartres Cathedral. Their function was to fill the interior with a mystical colored light, representing the Holy Spirit, and also to illustrate the stories of the Bible for the large majority of the congregation who could not read.

Holi is a Hindu festival that marks the start of spring.
It was even described in detail in a 7th century Sanskrit play called "Ratnavali," written by the Indian emperor Harsha.
"Witness the beauty of the great cupid festival which excites curiosity as the townsfolk are dancing at the touch of brownish water thrown ... Everything is colored yellowish red and rendered dusty by the heaps of scented powder blown all over," wrote Harsha.


Giovanni Tiepolo’s ceiling fresco, Apollo and the Four Continents (1751–1753), in the Treppenhaus of the Würzburg Residenz at 7287 square feet (677 square metres) is the largest expanses ever to have been covered in fresco - the theme was "Allegory of the Planets and Continents."
In the great vaulted ceiling over the Treppenhaus - Tiepolo's mastery as a storyteller is without equal. The composition is of exceptional liveliness, lightness, and elegance, with luminous colours borne aloft by a momentum that scatters gods and allegories, whips up the clouds, and rips open the sky. The frescoes are a fabulous, eye-popping display whose fireworks bring down the curtain on the Golden Age of Venetian painting.
Giovanni Bellini was one of the leading artists of the Northern Italian Renaissance. He took part in setting up a typically Venetian pictorial style, with an innovative treatment of color. First closer to Mantegna’s style, who worked in Mantua in northern Italy, he later evolved towards a more personal style. He went on to inspire the various Venetian painters of the sixteenth century.
Innumerable versions of the Virgin with Christ and Saints were created at the time, but Bellini succeeded in giving the scene dignity and harmony. His mastery of the representation of space is exceptional: the painted chapel is perfectly blended with the true architecture of the church, creating a real mise en abîme! The most remarkable thing in this masterpiece is the quality of its colors, which structures the shapes with light effects