Week 8: Windows and Patterns

This pattern with the light coming behind it is absolutely beautiful in my opinion. I am not really religious, but I  appreciate the beauty and artwork that goes into a lot of religious architecture. Not only can you see the light shining through the window and highlighting the colors and patterns of the glass, but on the table you can see the reflection of the pattern and colors. This reminded me of instances in which we would use gobos in lighting, to emphasize that there's a window or stress something specific that would cast a particular shadow. This particular picture made me think of using colored gobos as well- I know that we can color lights that have gobos, but I wasn't sure if you could individually light pieces of a gobo in any way. This picture just made me think of all the possibilities that I haven't really been considering- using gobos for realistic pieces and for highlighting something more abstract.