RomanesqueArchitecture 

Oxford English Dictionary:

Romanesque means

origin …

"descended from Roman”

* built in France, Germany and Italy between AD 1000 and 1200 * known in Britain as Norman Style

Roman architecture

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

• an  architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches • was the first distinctive style to

spread across Europe since the Roman Empire

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

Semicircular Arches

Buttress (Contrafuerte)- an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall

Romanesque Architecture• Generally of flat square

profile and do not project a great deal beyond the wall.

Different Vaults

* Thick walls

Classical periodMedieval period

Columns are good at handling vertical forces

Piers are good at handling vertical forces

Decorative Arcading

Gothic Architecture

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.

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.

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

*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.

1. Grand, Tall Designs, Which Swept Upwards With Height and Grandeur.

Gothic Architecture :2. The Flying Buttress

It resist the lateral forces pushing a wall outwards

The Flying Buttress

3. The Pointed Arch

a pointed arch produces less thrust at the base

4. The Vaulted Ceiling

5. The Light and Airy Interior

6. The Gargoyles of Gothic Architecture

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