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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE 1194-1500
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Brief presentation about gothic architecture
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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE 1194-1500
THE GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IS CHARACTERIZED :Pointed arch (making the building larger and taller)Buttresses ( to support the building)
Decorations are more elaborate. Sculpture forms the decoration on three portals which are heavy with religious depictions and relics.
Gothic cathedrals usually have two towers.
It is in the great churches and cathedrals and in a number of civic buildings that the Gothic style was expressed most powerfully.