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6. ORNAMENTS
Characteristics of Gothic Ornaments:
Sturdy craftsmanship
Boldly-executed
Forms of Gothic Ornaments :
Mediaeval mysticism
Christian subjects
Statues
Motifs of Gothic Ornaments :
Stained glass
Grotesques
A chimera or a grotesque figure
serves only an ornamental
function.
Gargoyles
Gargoyles are functional
waterspouts & are said to scare
5. COLUMNS were used structurally & off evil spirits.
classical proportions were not observed.
GOTHIC IN FRANCE
The Gothic style is called „L‟ architecture
Ogivale‟ from the word ogive referring to a
pointed arch
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
vaulting framework of intersecting pointed
arch ribs known as the ‘OGIVAL’ system
“Chevet“ (an apse having a surrounding
ambulatory of which are chapels)
1. Lady Chapel – chapel dedicated to the
Virgin Mary.
2. Chantry chapel – for religious services
to whomever the donor directs.
Less prominent transepts
“Chevet“
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“Fleche” (slender spire rising from a roof) AMIENS CATHEDRAL has slightly projecting
transepts and sweeping chevet of 7 chapels. It
was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage
List in 1981.
CATHEDRAL CHURCHES
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CHARTRES CATHEDRAL has the most At 142 m., Strasbourg Cathedral was the world's
complete collections of medieval stained glass in tallest building from 1647 to 1874. Today it is the
the world. 152 of the 186 windows are original. 6th tallest church in the world.
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NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL, one of the oldest REIMS CATHEDRAL, coronation church of the
French Gothic Cathedrals was begun by Bishop French kings and one of the finest gothic
Maurice de Sully structures ever built. Its vast scale, masterful
design and rich sculptural adornment are
virtually without equal.
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ROUEN CATHEDRAL has the highest spire in CARCASSONE, a historic fortified city, was
France (151m.), erected in 1876. It was the restored in 1853 by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.
world's tallest building from 1876 to 1880.
CASTLES
CHATEAU GAILLARD has a complex and
advanced design, & uses early principles of
concentric fortification. It was also one of the
earliest European castles to use machicolations.
FORTIFIED TOWNS
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HOTELS DE VILLE
(Town Halls)
HOTEL DE VILLE, Arras (1463)
The principal side elevation was in an elaborate
Renaissance style, probably dating from 1572.
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HOTEL DE VILLE, BOURGES (1489) has a HOTEL DE VILLE, Compiegne was built in late
notable tower built in the late Gothic Flamboyant Gothic Flamboyant Style with mullioned
Style. windows, traceried parapet & central tower.
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COUNTRY HOUSES
(Chateaux)
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b. Oriel window
This window projects from the wall
and does not extend to the ground &
often supported by brackets or
corbels.
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d. Half–timbering
e. Broached Spire
b. Battlements
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d. Finial
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EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH
GOTHIC VAULTING
1. Early English Vaulting – the
quadripartite ribbed vault came into
general use.
3. Perpendicular Vaulting– the intricate
stellar vaulting led to the type known as the
fan, palm or conoidal vaulting.
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3. Hammer-beam
1. Trussed-rafter roof
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DURHAM CATHEDRAL was begun in 1093 by ELY CATHEDRAL was built by William the
Bishop William St. Carileph & completed in 1135 Conqueror
though there have been many additions since.
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HEREFORD CATHEDRAL is famous for its LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL is the only medieval
library of chained books and for the ‘Mappa English cathedral with 3 spires & dedicated to
Mundi’, a 13th-century map of the world. St. Chad and St. Mary.
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WESTMINSTER ABBEY CATHEDRAL is the YORK MINSTER is the second largest Gothic
traditional place of coronation and burial site for cathedral of Northern Europe.
the British monarchs.
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BEAUMARIS CASTLE was an unfinished Manor houses of the first half of the 16th
masterpiece & the last & the largest of the century were built by wealthy trading families.
Edwardian castles in Wales. It began in 1295 &
construction lasted for 35 years. Haddon Hall was built from the 12th cent.-17th
cent. It was never a castle in the usual sense,
but it was a manor house with defensive walls.
NOTHING FOLLOWS
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