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Romanesque & Gothic Architecture. Church of St. Etienne Caen, France Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury, England. Romanesque Architecture. “Descended from Roman” Emerged around 1000 and lasted until roughly 1150 Characteristics: Massive, thick walls Grounded, Earthly appearance - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ROMANESQUE & GOTHIC
ARCHITECTURE
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Church of St. EtienneCaen, France
Canterbury CathedralCanterbury, England
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Romanesque Architecture
“Descended from Roman” Emerged around 1000 and
lasted until roughly 1150 Characteristics:
Massive, thick walls Grounded, Earthly appearance Round arches Barrel vaults Large towers Small windows
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Church of St. SerninToulouse, France
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Gothic Architecture
“Gothic” is a Renaissance invention to insult the style.
Gothic originally termed “French Style”
Style of the High Middle Ages in Northern Europe.
Characteristics: Flying buttresses Vertical emphasis Pointed arches (ogival) Ribbed vaults Large windows/Light Stained glass windows
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Abbot Suger 1085 – 1151 Redesigned Church
of Saint-Denis in Paris First Gothic structure King of France proclaimed that
this would be the model for future churches
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Abbott Suger and the Gothic Style
Technical innovation: glass walls
Light: analogy to God’s spiritual being
Created Gothic framework of soaring lines; metaphor for God’s world.
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Cathedral of Orvieto, Italy
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Pisa CathedralPisa, Italy
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Cathedral of Notre DameParis, France
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Chartres CathedralChartres, France
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Chartres:1194-1240
Chartres surpassed all others: perfection of design, stained glass and sculpture.
Relic: Mary’s tunic Floor plan: basic Latin Cross
but with broader portals on north and south
Still has the all of its original glass
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Chartres
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DuomoMilan, Italy