GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES

ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

STYLE OF ROMAN PUBIC BUILD-INGS – BASILICA

“IN THE ROMAN MANNER”FORTRESSES OF GOD

STONE, THICK WALLS, CROSS SHAPED – ENTER LOOK EAST TO JERUSALEM

SMALL WINDOWS, INTERIOR PAINTED LIGHT COLORS TO ALLEVIATE DARKNESS

SIDE ALTARS ERECTED BY ARISTO-CRATS & GUILDS

ABBOTT SUGER & ST. DENISRECONSTRUCT CAROLINGIAN

ABBEY CHURCHBEGUN 1137 & FINISHED 1144FIRST GOTHIC CHURCH – VASARI

COINED TERM 16TH CLIGHTER WALLS, BIGGER

WINDOWS, RIBBED VAULTS, STAINED GLASS, FLYING BUTTRESSES, POINTED ARCHES

REPRESENTED LOVE & DEVOTION TO GOD, CIVIC PRIDE, COMPETITION AMONG TOWNS

WEST FRONT – LAST JUDGEMENT; NORTH SIDE OLD TESTAMENT; SOUTH NEW TESTAMENT

EVERYTHING HAD SIGNIFICANCE

ABBEY CHURCH ST. DENISINTERIOR & FLIGHT INTO OF EGYPT

CRADLE OF GOTHIC ART

NOTRE DAME – OUR LADY1163, 114 FEET, BRIDGE B/W SUGER &

CHARTRES – EARLY GOTHIC

WEST FACADE FLYING BUTTRESS

STAINED GLASS REPLACES MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION AS LEADING FORM OF PAINTING IN MIDDLE AGESINVENTED BY EGYPTIANS, ADD METALLIC OXIDES TO MIX OF SAND & ASH OR LIME THEN FUSE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES.TEACH PEOPLE THE DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH VISUAL IMAGES – ROSE WINDOW AT NOTRE DAME

HIGH GOTHIC – CHARTRES CATHEDRAL 1194 BEGUN119 FEET- NEAR PERFECT EMBODIEMENT OF SPIRIT IN STONE & GLASS – FIRST TO BE PLANNED WITH FLYING BUTTRESSES

CATHEDRAL AT REIMS 1211 – SOME SAY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

• REPLACES OLDER CHURCH DESTROYED BY A FIRE IN 1211, WHICH WAS BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE BASILICA WHERE CLOVIS WAS BAPTIZED IN 496

• THE TOWERS ABOUT 267 FT. WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO RISE ABOUT 394

AMIENS & BEAUVAISAMIENS NAVE 48FT WIDE 144 FT HIGH

BEAUVAIS NEVER FINISHED VAULTS COLLAPSED UNDER WEIGHT 1284 & 1573