gothic

Gothic

Fu Hui Yan

Gothic• Arose in Northern France• In the later Renaissance• From 2nd half of the 12th century to the

beginning of the 16th century• Spread throughout Europe• Broke the round arch of the preceding

Romanesque period into 2 intersecting arcs of a circle

Gothic• Created vaulted interiors of unprecedented

height• Reduced wall mass to a minimum• Public buildings and occasional mansion,

esp. churches• Closely related to religion• Building high to close with the God• 1st Gothic structure: the choir of the abbey

church ant St Denis, north of Paris, 1144

Styles• Heavy• Dark• Melancholy• Monkish• High• Open

Styles• Different from the ancient Greek and

Roman architecture :• Use• Proportion• Beauty• Accomplishment• Perfection

Features• Pointed arches• A pointed curved structure of masonry

spanning an opening

Features• Flying buttresses• A mass of masonry or brickwork• Resist the pressure of an arch, roof or

vault• Stands away from the wall• Appearing to fly through space• Providing invisible support via an arch at

the main point of stress

Features• Flying buttresses

Features• Tracery• The ornamental patternwork in stone filling

the upper part of a Gothic window

Features• Great expanses of stained glass

Features• Sharply pointed spires

Features• Stone vaulted ceiling

Notre-Dame de Reims• Cathedral of Reims, the kings of France w

ere once crowned• Towers : 81m tall• Southern tower contains 2 great bells, incl

uding the one called “Charlotte”• Interior of the cathedral : 138.75m long• Nave of the cathedral : 30m wide• Centre of the cathedral : 38m high

Notre-Dame de Reims• The architectural form and visual represen

tation of the rose window were combined, to form a symbol of Christian order

• Added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1991

Notre-Dame de Reims

From the southeast

West facade

Notre-Dame de Reims

Pointed arch with Gothic tracery

Notre-Dame de Reims

Statues Flying Buttresses

Notre-Dame de Reims

Plan

Section

Notre-Dame de Reims

Nave Nave Elevation

Notre-Dame de Reims

Rose Window

Notre-Dame de Reims

Stone Vaulted Ceiling

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