Defination Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls, universities and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings.
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE Defination - Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. - Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls, universities and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings. Characteristics - Characteristics of Gothic Architecture Its characteristic features include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress. - In Gothic architecture, a unique combination of existing technologies established the emergence of a new building style. Those technologies were the ogival or pointed arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttress. The Gothic style, when applied to an ecclesiastical building, emphasizes verticality and light. This appearance was achieved by the development of certain architectural features, which together provided an engineering solution. The structural parts of the building ceased to be its solid walls, and became a stone skeleton comprising clustered columns, pointed ribbed vaults and flying buttresses. - A Gothic cathedral or abbey was, prior to the 20th century, generally the landmark building in its town, rising high above all the domestic structures and often surmounted by one or more towers and pinnacles and perhaps tall spires. These cathedrals were the skyscrapers of that day and would have, by far, been the largest buildings that Europeans would have ever seen. Typical building 1. The Quire and tower of York Minster (1389–1407) 2. Notre Dame de Paris (started 1163) 3. The Beauchamp Chapel, Warwick (1381–91) 4. The main body of Chartres Cathedral (1194–1260) 5. St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna 6. The choir of Westminster Abbey in London as depicted in 1848. 7. Cathedral of Seville, 15th and 16th centuries, the largest Gothic temple in the world. 8. Cathedral of Burgos, in Burgos. 13th century 9. Notre-Dame de Reims (where all the kings of France were crowned) 10. Saint Denis Basilica (considered by many, the first Gothic building) 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Vocabulary 1. Gothic Court 2. The pointed arch 3. The ogival arch 4. Vertical emphasis 2 5. The ribbed vault 6. The flying buttress 7. Ecclesiastical building 8. The bearing piers 9. Moulded ribs 10. Containing statuary 11. Trapezoids 12. The tympanum 13. A rose window 14. The gable 15. Stained glass 16. Coarse limestone 17. Marble 18. Backsteingotik 19. Fortifications 20. Hammer-beam roof 21. Grey Friars 22. A mendicant order 23. The clustered columns 24. Large clerestory windows 25. The Latin cross 26. The diagonal vaults 27. A pinnacle 28. A statue 29. The outward thrust 30. A tremeau 31. Lancet arch 32. Equilateral arch 33. Flamboyant arch 34. Depressed arch 35. The equilateral form 36. Radius 37. Vertical shafts 38. Horizontal transoms 39. Perpendicular 40. The loftiness 41. Biblical stories 42. Visual typological allegories 43. Wooden ceilings 44. Remained intact 45. Craftsmanship 46. Architectural distinction 47. Timber 48. Classical style 49. The ambulatory 50. Radiating chapels 3 4 . dwellings. Characteristics - Characteristics of Gothic Architecture Its characteristic features include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress. - In Gothic architecture, a unique combination. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE Defination - Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high. period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. - Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys