St Augustine & Gothic Architecture

St Augustines ideas about the church and faith can be seen greatly in gothic style churches of this time period. The church's were dark on the outside, and were many shades of gray. On the inside of these churches though,  they were beautiful. There was colored stained glass everywhere which brightened up the whole place and made it seem like a mystical rainbow. The large rose windows allowed light to shine into the churches, and allowed them to be cascaded with beautiful light. This is very much in line with St. Augustine's views of human beings. According to St Augustine, humans are naturally sinful and dirty but, through the church they can find their inner good person. This relates directly to gothic churches because, they are ugly on the outside, beautiful on the inside, and have light shine though them. The light represents the word of god enlightening an individual.