gothic architecture, 2º eso. ies cervantes, madrid
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Gothic architecture
Gothic style was used for religiousbuildings…
…palaces,
…lonjas,
… or town halls.
Buildings were very tall
They had huge windows with stained glass
and rose windows
The pointed arch was very common
They mainly used ribbed vaults
Pressure of vaults was counteracted by flying-buttressesand buttresses crowned with pinnacles
Cathedrals had Latin cross plans, with a nave, several aisles and two transepts.
The chancel was bigger and had anambulatory which sometimes was double
There were several apses, generally in theshape of a pentagon
In the interior there were three floors
Doorways consisted of doors under pointedarches.On the west façade there were usually
two towers