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Gothic

Fu Hui Yan

Gothic

• Arose in Northern France

• In the later Renaissance

• From 2nd half of the 12th century to the beginning of the 16th century

• Spread throughout Europe

• Broke the round arch of the preceding Romanesque period into 2 intersecting arcs of a circle

Gothic

• Created vaulted interiors of unprecedented height

• Reduced wall mass to a minimum• Public buildings and occasional mansion,

esp. churches• Closely related to religion• Building high to close with the God• 1st Gothic structure: the choir of the abbey

church ant St Denis, north of Paris, 1144

Styles

• Heavy

• Dark

• Melancholy

• Monkish

• High

• Open

Styles

• Different from the ancient Greek and Roman architecture :

• Use

• Proportion

• Beauty

• Accomplishment

• Perfection

Features

• Pointed arches

• A pointed curved structure of masonry spanning an opening

Features

• Flying buttresses

• A mass of masonry or brickwork

• Resist the pressure of an arch, roof or vault

• Stands away from the wall

• Appearing to fly through space

• Providing invisible support via an arch at the main point of stress

Features

• Flying buttresses

Features

• Tracery

• The ornamental patternwork in stone filling the upper part of a Gothic window

Features

• Great expanses of stained glass

Features

• Sharply pointed spires

Features

• Stone vaulted ceiling

Notre-Dame de Reims• Cathedral of Reims, the kings of France w

ere once crowned

• Towers : 81m tall

• Southern tower contains 2 great bells, including the one called “Charlotte”

• Interior of the cathedral : 138.75m long

• Nave of the cathedral : 30m wide

• Centre of the cathedral : 38m high

Notre-Dame de Reims• The architectural form and visual represen

tation of the rose window were combined, to form a symbol of Christian order

• Added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1991

Notre-Dame de Reims

From the southeast

West facade

Notre-Dame de Reims

Pointed arch with Gothic tracery

Notre-Dame de Reims

Statues Flying Buttresses

Notre-Dame de Reims

Plan

Section

Notre-Dame de Reims

Nave Nave Elevation

Notre-Dame de Reims

Rose Window

Notre-Dame de Reims

Stone Vaulted Ceiling

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