romanesque and gothic architecture (analysis, info etc.)
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RomanesqueArchitecture
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Oxford English Dictionary:
Romanesque means
origin …
"descended from Roman”
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* built in France, Germany and Italy between AD 1000 and 1200 * known in Britain as Norman Style
Roman architecture
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The French term ROMANE: It was first used by an archaeologist Charles de Gerville in a letter of 18 December 1818 to Auguste Le Prévost
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• an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches • was the first distinctive style to
spread across Europe since the Roman Empire
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Characteristics of a Romanesque Architecture :
• Semi –circular arches • Use of different vaults• Buttresses• Thick walls• Latin cross plan, with several
side ,aisles separated by arcades and semicircular arches
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Semicircular Arches
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Buttress (Contrafuerte)- an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall
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Romanesque Architecture• Generally of flat square
profile and do not project a great deal beyond the wall.
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Different Vaults
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* Thick walls
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Classical periodMedieval period
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Columns are good at handling vertical forces
Piers are good at handling vertical forces
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Decorative Arcading
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Gothic Architecture
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Gothic Architecture :• flourished during the high and
late medieval period• known during the period
as Opus Francigenum ("French work") • began in mid-18th-century England,
spread through 19th-century Europe and continued, largely for
ecclesiastical and university structures, into the 20th century.
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Characteristics of Gothic Architecture• Grew out of Romanesque architecture• Called Gothic by people during the Renaissance
who viewed Gothic as being crude and backward like the Goths who invaded Rome
The 3rd-century Great Ludovisi sarcophagus depicts a battle between Goths and Romans.
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Characteristics of a Gothic Architecture :
* Grand, Tall Designs, Which Swept Upwards With Height and
Grandeur. * The Flying Buttress * The Pointed Arch
* The Vaulted Ceiling * The Light and Airy Interior * The Gargoyles of Gothic
Architecture
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*This menacing gargoyle in Munich is a great example of gothic architecture.
*Back in the 1100s-1200s, building skills were extremely limited. Stone castles were rudimentary - dark, cold, and damp.
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1. Grand, Tall Designs, Which Swept Upwards With Height and Grandeur.
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Gothic Architecture :2. The Flying Buttress
It resist the lateral forces pushing a wall outwards
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The Flying Buttress
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3. The Pointed Arch
a pointed arch produces less thrust at the base
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4. The Vaulted Ceiling
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5. The Light and Airy Interior
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6. The Gargoyles of Gothic Architecture
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