Romanesque vs.

Gothic Architecture

Romanesque Gothic
Radiating Separate Unified, unbroken space.
chapels and compartments.
apse:
Vault: Mostly barrel-vaults, Groin-vaulted cathedrals.
some groin-vaults.
Arch type: Rounded arches. Pointed arches.
Main vault Thick walls, Exterior flying buttresses.
support: buttresses.
Clerestory: Small windows. Large stained-glass
windows.
Elevation: Horizontal, modest Vertical, soaring.
height.
Exterior: Plain, little decoration, Ornate, delicate, lots of
solid. sculpture.
Sculptural Thin, elongated, More realistic proportions
decoration abstract figures. and individualized
: features.
Mood: Dark, gloomy. Tall, light-filled.

Example: St. Sernin, Toulouse, Chartres Cathedral,

France. France.