gothic fu hui yan. gothic arose in northern france in the later renaissance from 2 nd half of the 12...
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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
• 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
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Plan
Section
Notre-Dame de Reims
Nave Nave Elevation
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Rose Window
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Stone Vaulted Ceiling
The End