Step inside one of the most beautiful geometric creations ever made — the Gothic rose window.
Rose windows are not just patterns drawn on paper. They are drawings made to hold light. Built from circles, lines, repeating forms, and carefully balanced geometry, they transform architecture into glowing flowers of colour, story, and light.
In this hands-on workbook, children discover how rose windows are constructed, explore the geometry hidden within them, and learn to create their own designs using a compass, ruler, and pencil.
Enter the World of the Rose Window: Discover what a rose window is, why light was so important in Gothic cathedrals, and how these extraordinary buildings were designed to reach towards the sky.
Discover the Geometry of the Circle: Explore the circle as a symbol of wholeness and discover how one circle can become many through repeating six-petal, eight-petal, and wheel-like patterns.
Build from the Centre: Learn how Gothic rose windows are organised from a central point. Divide circles into equal parts and explore spokes, rays, intersections, radial symmetry, and balance.
Draw Petals, Arcs & Tracery: Use circles and arcs to construct flowing geometric forms. Discover twelve-petal and twenty-four-petal roses, spinning patterns, and the visual rhythm created by repetition.
Explore Great Rose Windows: Journey through some of the great Gothic rose windows of the world, including Notre-Dame de Paris, Chartres Cathedral, and Reims Cathedral, and learn to look at a window not just as a pattern, but as a story.
Create Your Own Rose Windows: Put your knowledge into practice through hands-on projects — design a Gothic rose window, colour it with light, create a stained-glass effect, build a paper rose window, and design the images and patterns within your own window.
Discover Trefoils & Quatrefoils: Explore two beautiful geometric forms found throughout Gothic architecture and learn how their geometry is constructed.
Designed for Everyday Learning: Full-colour illustrations, durable coil binding, and quality drawing paper make this edition ideal for regular classroom, homeschool, workshop, and home use.
A Complete Hands-On Journey: A beautifully illustrated workbook combining geometry, drawing, architecture, art, light, and cultural history for ages 7+.
A beautiful educational resource that invites children to see architecture differently — to discover the geometry beneath it, and to transform that geometry into their own drawings.
The Classroom Edition contains the same educational content as the Premium Edition in a practical format designed for everyday learning. It features a durable white coil binding and quality drawing paper, making it ideal for schools, homeschool groups, workshops, tutors, and families seeking a more accessible edition while enjoying the same rich learning experience.
Both editions contain exactly the same educational content.
The Classroom Edition is designed for everyday learning. It is lighter, practical, and ideal for regular use in classrooms, homeschool settings, workshops, and at home.
The Premium Edition offers an enhanced presentation with premium materials and binding, making it well suited for those who prefer a more refined keepsake or reference edition.
Step inside one of the most beautiful geometric creations ever made — the Gothic rose window.
Rose windows are not just patterns drawn on paper. They are drawings made to hold light. Built from circles, lines, repeating forms, and carefully balanced geometry, they transform architecture into glowing flowers of colour, story, and light.
In this hands-on workbook, children discover how rose windows are constructed, explore the geometry hidden within them, and learn to create their own designs using a compass, ruler, and pencil.
Enter the World of the Rose Window: Discover what a rose window is, why light was so important in Gothic cathedrals, and how these extraordinary buildings were designed to reach towards the sky.
Discover the Geometry of the Circle: Explore the circle as a symbol of wholeness and discover how one circle can become many through repeating six-petal, eight-petal, and wheel-like patterns.
Build from the Centre: Learn how Gothic rose windows are organised from a central point. Divide circles into equal parts and explore spokes, rays, intersections, radial symmetry, and balance.
Draw Petals, Arcs & Tracery: Use circles and arcs to construct flowing geometric forms. Discover twelve-petal and twenty-four-petal roses, spinning patterns, and the visual rhythm created by repetition.
Explore Great Rose Windows: Journey through some of the great Gothic rose windows of the world, including Notre-Dame de Paris, Chartres Cathedral, and Reims Cathedral, and learn to look at a window not just as a pattern, but as a story.
Create Your Own Rose Windows: Put your knowledge into practice through hands-on projects — design a Gothic rose window, colour it with light, create a stained-glass effect, build a paper rose window, and design the images and patterns within your own window.
Discover Trefoils & Quatrefoils: Explore two beautiful geometric forms found throughout Gothic architecture and learn how their geometry is constructed.
Designed for Everyday Learning: Full-colour illustrations, durable coil binding, and quality drawing paper make this edition ideal for regular classroom, homeschool, workshop, and home use.
A Complete Hands-On Journey: A beautifully illustrated workbook combining geometry, drawing, architecture, art, light, and cultural history for ages 7+.
A beautiful educational resource that invites children to see architecture differently — to discover the geometry beneath it, and to transform that geometry into their own drawings.
The Classroom Edition contains the same educational content as the Premium Edition in a practical format designed for everyday learning. It features a durable white coil binding and quality drawing paper, making it ideal for schools, homeschool groups, workshops, tutors, and families seeking a more accessible edition while enjoying the same rich learning experience.
Both editions contain exactly the same educational content.
The Classroom Edition is designed for everyday learning. It is lighter, practical, and ideal for regular use in classrooms, homeschool settings, workshops, and at home.
The Premium Edition offers an enhanced presentation with premium materials and binding, making it well suited for those who prefer a more refined keepsake or reference edition.
Details:
178 pages | Full colour | Spiro-bound | Ages 7+
ISBN: 978-1-7643596-0-3
RRP: $55.00 AUD
Published by The Thinking Hand Institute
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