ROMANESQUE & GOTHIC

ARCHITECTURE

Church of St. EtienneCaen, France

Canterbury CathedralCanterbury, England

Romanesque Architecture

“Descended from Roman” Emerged around 1000 and

lasted until roughly 1150 Characteristics:

Massive, thick walls Grounded, Earthly appearance Round arches Barrel vaults Large towers Small windows

Church of St. SerninToulouse, France

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Gothic Architecture

“Gothic” is a Renaissance invention to insult the style.

Gothic originally termed “French Style”

Style of the High Middle Ages in Northern Europe.

Characteristics: Flying buttresses Vertical emphasis Pointed arches (ogival) Ribbed vaults Large windows/Light Stained glass windows

Abbot Suger 1085 – 1151 Redesigned Church

of Saint-Denis in Paris First Gothic structure King of France proclaimed that

this would be the model for future churches

Abbott Suger and the Gothic Style

Technical innovation: glass walls

Light: analogy to God’s spiritual being

Created Gothic framework of soaring lines; metaphor for God’s world.

Cathedral of Orvieto, Italy

Pisa CathedralPisa, Italy

Cathedral of Notre DameParis, France

Chartres CathedralChartres, France

Chartres:1194-1240

Chartres surpassed all others: perfection of design, stained glass and sculpture.

Relic: Mary’s tunic Floor plan: basic Latin Cross

but with broader portals on north and south

Still has the all of its original glass

Chartres

DuomoMilan, Italy