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Gothic Fu Hui Yan
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Gothic. Fu Hui Yan. Gothic. Arose in Northern France In the later Renaissance From 2 nd half of the 12 th century to the beginning of the 16 th century Spread throughout Europe Broke the round arch of the preceding Romanesque period into 2 intersecting arcs of a circle. Gothic. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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, incl
uding 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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