HOA Module 2: Gothic Architecture

12 - 16th century

French work (from latin: Opus Francigenum)

verticality and light, arch'l features w/ eng'g solution

term gothic was given early 16th century by historian Arch. Giorgio Vasari, in his Lives of the Artist

it was meant as derogatory term, he referred to Gothic art as "monstrous and barbaric"

• GOTHIC

• ISLAMIC

• ROMANESQUE

• EARLY CHRISTIAN

France = fine white limestone from Caen

England = dark green Purbeck marble

The scarcity of timber in England = hammerbeam roof

Easttern Europe uses brick

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Harnessing wind and water power

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there was a considerable sense of _____

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was a small church, but most ingredients of High Gothic were already evident (Abbot Suger renovated some)

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Answer explanation

primaire or lancettes - 12th Century

Pointed arch

four tiers: arcade, gallery, triforium and clerestory

inverted flying butresses

Ribbed sexpartite vaults

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inverted flying butresses

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sexpartite vault

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French: Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon

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Early Gothic

Sexpartite

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