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HEMANT PODDAR
1900701015
S.Y. B.ARCHSEM III
HISTORYOFARCHITECTURE II
PROFESSOR –AR. PREETI PUJARI
Gothic
Architecture
(12 – 15 century)
th
However, single
units were
integrated into a
unified spatial
scheme.
• Most Gothic churches, unless they
are entitled chapels, are of the Latin
cross (or "cruciform") plan, with a
long nave making the body of the
church, a transverse arm called the
transept and, beyond it, an extension
which may be called the Ameins cathedral
choir, chancel. There are several
regional variations on this plan.
Wells cathedral
• In some churches with double
aisles, like Notre Dame, Paris, the
transept does not project
beyond the aisles.
• In English cathedrals transepts
tend to project boldly and there
may be two of them, as at
Salisbury Cathedral, though this is
not the case with lesser
churches.
• In France the eastern end is often
polygonal and surrounded by a
walkway called an ambulatory
and sometimes a ring of chapels
called a "chevet".
• While German churches are often
similar to those of France, in
Italy, the eastern projection
beyond the transept is usually just
a shallow apsidal chapel
containing the sanctuary, as at
Florence Cathedral.
Gothic
• Medieval man considered Engineering
himself an imperfect reflection
of the divine light of God, and
Gothic architecture was the
ideal expression of this view.
• New techniques of
construction permitted
buildings to soar to amazing
new heights, dwarfing anyone
who stepped inside.
• Moreover, the concept of
divine light was suggested by
the airy quality of Gothic
buildings, which were much
lighter than churches in the
earlier Romanesque style.
Gothic
Architecture
in France
Gothic Architecture: Gothic
Architecture in France
• First coherent example of Gothic architecture
– Appear in Gothic 12th century Paris
– Ile-de-France
• Cut stone masonry employed into vaulting, rather than
rubble masonry of the Normans
• Arches and ribs designed with independent curvatures
Gothic Architecture in France
Notre Dame de
Paris
Chartres is one
of the most
famous
cathedrals in
France, and is
widely praised
for its
sculpture, staine
d-glass
windows, and
high gothic
style.
Nave in four tiers, with
clerestories and triforium
under sexpartite vaulting
St. Chapelle
Flamboyant
In France the new style evolved
about 1280 which was a very
decorative phase called the
Flamboyant style. The most
conspicuous feature of the
Flamboyant Gothic style is the
dominance in stone window
tracery of a flame like S-shaped
curve.
In the Flamboyant style wall space
was reduced to the minimum of
supporting vertical shafts to allow
an almost continuous expanse of
glass and tracery. Structural logic
was obscured by the virtual
covering of the exteriors of
buildings with tracery,
15th Century
British
Gothic
Architecture
English Gothic architecture Historians
sometimes refer to the styles as "periods"
•Early English (c.
British Gothic
•Decorated (c.
•Perpendicular
Westminster
Abbey in
London is one
of the
world's most
famous
examples of
Medieval
Gothic
architecture.
Abbey
• An abbey (from Latin abbatia, abba, "father”) is
a Christian monastery or convent, under the
authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves
as the spiritual father or mother of the
community.
• The term can also refer to an establishment
which has long ceased to function as an
abbey, but continues to carry the name — in
some cases for centuries (for
example, Westminster Abbey).
North Entrance of
Westminster Abbey
Hampton Court palace, London
Hampton Court Palace, with marked reference points referred to on this page. A: West Front
& Main Entrance; B: Base Court; C: Clock Tower; D: Clock Court, E: Fountain Court; F: East
Front; G: South Front; H: Banqueting House; J: Great Hall; K: River Thames; M: East Gardens;
O: Cardinal Wolsey's Rooms; P: Chapel.
• Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London
Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, and
the historic county of Middlesex; it has not been inhabited
by the British Royal Family since the 18th century. The
palace is located 11.7 miles (18.8 kilometres) south west
of Charing Cross and upstream of central London on
the River Thames. It was originally built for
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry
VIII, circa 1514; in 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the
palace was passed to the King, who enlarged it.
• The following century, William III's massive rebuilding and
expansion project intended to rival Versailles was begun.
Work halted in 1694, leaving the palace in two distinct
contrasting architectural styles, domestic Tudor
and Baroque. While the palace's styles are an accident of
fate, a unity exists due to the use of pink bricks and a
symmetrical, albeit vague, balancing of successive low
wings.
Italian Gothic
Architecture
• Milan Cathedral (Italian:
Duomo di Milano) is
the cathedral church of
Milan in
Lombardy, northern
Italy.
• The Gothic cathedral
took five centuries to
complete.
• It is the largest Gothic
cathedral and the
second largest Catholic
cathedral in the world.
• Length 157 metres (515 ft)
• Width 92 metres (302 ft)
• Width (nave)
16.75 metres (55 ft)
• Height (max) 45 metres
(148 ft)
• Dome height (outer)
65.5 metres (215 ft)
• Spire height 106.5 metres
(349 ft)
• Materials Brick with
Candoglia marble
• The plan consists of a nave with four side-
aisles, crossed by a transept and then
followed by choir and apse.
• The cathedral's five broad naves, divided by
40 pillars, are reflected in the hierarchic
openings of the facade.
• Even the transepts have aisles.
• The nave columns are 24.5 metres (80 ft)
high, and the apsidal windows are 20.7 x
8.5 metres (68 x 28 feet).
• The huge building is of brick
construction, faced with marble
• The height of the nave is about 45
meters, the highest Gothic vaults of a
complete church.
• The roof carries spectacular sculpture that
can be enjoyed only from top. The roof of
the cathedral is renowned for the forest of
openwork pinnacles and spires, set upon
delicate flying buttresses.
The famous "Madonnina" atop the
main spire of the cathedral, a
baroque gilded bronze artwork.
Milan Cathedral
(Duomo)
• The façades have projecting open porches and occular or wheel windows
rather than roses, and do not usually have a tower.
• The crossing is usually surmounted by a dome. There is often a free-
standing tower and baptistry.
• The eastern end usually has an apse of comparatively low projection. The
windows are not as large as in northern Europe and, although stained glass
windows are often found, the favourite narrative medium for the interior is
the fresco.
• The distinctive characteristic of Italian Gothic is the use of polychrome
decoration, both externally as marble veneer on the brick façade and also
internally where the arches are often made of alternating black and white
segments, and where the columns may be painted red, the walls decorated
with frescoes and the apse with mosaic.