Gothic+Architecture

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE · Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that developed during the high and late medieval period. Originating in 12th century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during that period as the French style, with the term Gothic first appearing during the Renaissance. Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of Europe.

· CHANGES: · The ribbed vault · The glass walls between buttresses · Flying buttresses

· CHARACTERISTIC: The Gothic style is associated with the age of cathedral construction in northern in Europe. Both pointed arches and ribbed vaults were present in the Romanesque style (1000’s and early 1100’s).}, but the difference between Romanesque and Gothic style is the way in which space is conceived. A Gothic building is conceived as a total space that is subdivided into units.

· PEOPLE: The Europeans get the idea from the knights that traveled to Asia. The Europeans liked the new ideas so they began doing this type of architecture. Then it became the most popular architecture in most of Europe.

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