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Gothic Architecture

The document discusses Gothic architecture, which flourished from the mid-12th to the 16th century, characterized by its light, slender designs and pointed arches. Key elements include flying buttresses, tracery, and gargoyles, all contributing to the style's ornate and intricate appearance. The architecture aimed to bring light into churches and was a response to the cultural developments following the Romanesque period.

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Gothic Architecture

The document discusses Gothic architecture, which flourished from the mid-12th to the 16th century, characterized by its light, slender designs and pointed arches. Key elements include flying buttresses, tracery, and gargoyles, all contributing to the style's ornate and intricate appearance. The architecture aimed to bring light into churches and was a response to the cultural developments following the Romanesque period.

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GOTHIC

ARCHITECTURE
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2
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ROMANESQUE GOTHIC

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GOTHIC

 Mid 12th century to 16th


century.
 Light, slender, “pointy”
 Characterized by overlaid
tracery

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TRACERY

- Bars, or ribs, stonework that


held the windows

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GOTHIC
 To bring sunshine into
people’s lives and
especially into their
churches.
 Grew out of the
Romanesque architectural
style, when both prosperity
and relative peace allowed
for several centuries of
cultural development and
great building schemes.

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POINTED ARCH
 The most fundamental
element of Gothic style
 Relieved some of the thrust,
and stress on other
structural elements
 Reduced the size of the
columns or piers that
supported arch; slender,
slim

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POINTED ARCH
 Distinguishing feature of
gothic architecture

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TIERCERON LIERNE
 Intermediate ribs that springs
 “lierne” French (to bind)
from the pier on each side of the
 Tertiary rib connecting
main diagonal rib and therefore
the bosses and
do not pass through the center of
intersections of the
the vault
principal ribs.

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The resulting construction
is called a lierne vault or
stellar vault (named after
the star shape generated
by connecting liernes)

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FLYING BUTTRESS
 Flagship element of Gothic
 Structural role enables
Gothic churches maximum
heights above their naves
 Transfer loads to the space
between instead of the
buttress itself.

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GARGOYLE
 Two main purpose were to scare off evil, and to divert rainwater.
 Open mouths and long necks to divert rain water from building foundations.

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TRACERY
 Bars, or ribs,
stonework that held
the window

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GOTHIC WINDOW
 A typical one can be divided into two sections.
 Lower section –two or more adjacent pointed arches.
 Upper section – filled with a foil enclosed in a circle
or some variation thereof,

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FOIL
Clover – like shape that features
three or more “leaves”

Trefoil(three-leaf) and
Quatrefoil (four-leaf)
Cinqfoil- (five-leaf)

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GOTHIC
 Pointy, slender, tall
 Ornate, intricate
 Tracery, gargoyles
 Pointed arch, flying
buttress, ribbed
vault

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PLATE NO. 1

NOTRE DAME
CATHEDRAL
SUBMISSION: APRIL 30,2022
( 3:00 PM AT NCST CAMPUS)

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