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Middle Ages Architecture
High Creativity
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Early Medieval Architecture
Byzantine
Continuation of Romanarchitecture
Domes and windows
Light into the church
Openness led to feeling
of exaltationRussian and Eastern
Orthodox
Onion domes
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Hagia Sophia Interior TURKEY
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Romanesque Architecture
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Romanesque Architecture
Heavy thick walls
Arches over windows
Vaulted ceilings
Fortress castles
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Romanesque Architecture
Dark Age Churches Massive walls Difficult to put in large windows Wooden beam construction
Baptisteries (often separate)
Norman Castles High thick fortress walls
Stark and foreboding Little decoration Each room had a
fireplace Demonstrates power
and control
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Romanesque Architecture Exterior decorations
Form of Latin cross
West entrance and crossto the east
Regularity in design
Dark due to lack ofwindows
Representational artChoir
ChapelsPortal
Nave
Transept
Apse
Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy
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Romanesque Architecture
Use of statuary
Tympanum ofenthroned Christ
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Romanesque Architecture
Use of symbols Matthew = beast with mans
face
Mark= lion
Luke= ox John= eagle
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Gothic Architecture
17th C writers thought theGoths invented the style
Meant to be barbarous orrude
Began in 1150 in Paris St. Denis (burials)
Originally only architecture
Was also called the "French
Style" (Milan) Ended by 1550 but was
revived in 1800s (Neogothic)
Buildings (parliament)
Literature (Wuthering Heights)
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Gothic Architecture
How the Gothic styles works(cont.)
Pillars needed reinforcement
Massive Pillars
More weight on top
Flying Buttresses
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Gothic
Othergothicchurches Flying
buttressesreplacedmassivepillars
Moreheight
Notre DameChartres
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Gothic Architecture
Notre DameFlying
Buttresses
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Gothic
Reconstruction ofSt. Denis church
Alliance between
Louis VI and AbbotSuger
Regent during 2ndcrusade
Wanted the mostimportant religioussite in France
Site for Pilgrimage
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Gothic Architecture
Reconstruction of St.Denis Combined elements
from many styles Rose Window
Pointed Arch Vaults
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Gothic Architecture
Reconstruction of St.Denis (cont.) Combined elements
from many styles Double Ambulatory for
Openness
High Walls
Enlarged Windows
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Gothic Architecture
Functionaldecorations
Gargoyles
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Gothic Architecture
Cathedral Economics
Several millions dollars
Fairs with the cathedral
Artisans learned newskills
Decorations weredonations (guilds)
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Gothic Architecture
Other gothic churches Scripture windows
Sainte Chappelle
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Gothic Architecture
Contest tohave thetallestchurch
Spireheight andchurch sizerelated to
civic pride
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Gothic
Contest with the tallestchurch
Spire height and churchsize related to civic pride
Chartres
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Gothic Architecture
Exteriors
Facades became worksof art
Relief work above doors Statues in nooks
Raised towersfeelingof reaching to heaven
Ornamentation
Notre Dame
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Gothic Architecture
Othercountries English gothic
emphasized
theperpendicular
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English Vertical Gothic Style
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Gothic Architecture
German churcheswere slow inadopting gothic
stylesCologne cathedral
Cathedral at Milan
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