Fields DeCortier Humanities 1301 Professor Debra Mills December 08 2014 Greek‚ Roman and Gothic Architecture Architectural designs changed greatly since the ancient times. Most famous architectures and sculptures today originated from the Greek and Roman civilizations. Moreover‚ some of the inventions from those civilizations are also being used today‚ such as the arch‚ which originated from Roman architecture‚ and the columns‚ which originated from the Greek architecture. Throughout history‚ these
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Between 1130 A.D. and 1230 A.D. twenty-five cathedrals were built within 100 miles of Paris. All of them were "Gothic." The historical style itself originated at the abbey church of St. Denis in Saint-Denis‚ near Paris‚ where it exemplified the vision of Abbot Suger. The first truly Gothic construction
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ART 1/PREHISTORIC THROUGH GOTHIC ART Chapter 1: The Birth of Art 1-5 Nude Woman (The Venus of Willendorf)‚ 28‚000-25‚000 B.C. 1-6 Woman Holding a Bison Horn‚ from Laussel 25‚000-20‚000 B.C. 1-7 Two Bison‚ 15‚000-10‚000 B.C. 1-9 Bison‚ detail of cave at Altamira‚ 12‚000-1‚000 B.C. 1-10 Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Prints‚ cave at Pech-Merle‚ 22‚000 B.C. 1-11 Hall of Bulls‚ Left wall‚ 15‚000-13‚000 B.C. 1-14 Stone Tower‚ Jericho‚ 8‚000-7‚000 B.C.
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monuments during the Romanesque and Gothic periods‚ which lead to a great cathedral construction boom across Europe. The Gothic architectural styles were distinctive in not only the large windows and use of stain glass but they were known for their use of flying buttresses and they were built to be more vertical as if they were reaching out to the heavens. It is also known for the introduction of art within the Cathedrals including the stained glass‚ the use of gargoyles‚ and column figures just
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period are Abbaye aux Hommes (the Abbey of the Men) in Caen‚ France; Worms Cathedral in Germany‚ the Cathedral of Pisa with its famous leaning campanile (bell tower)‚ Modena Cathedral and the Parma Cathedral in Italy‚ and Durham Cathedral and Peterborough Cathedral in England. Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey‚ France‚ has a square tower over the crossing. The western pinnacles are in the Gothic style. Speyer Cathedral‚ Germany‚ from the east‚ shows the apse projecting from a chancel framed
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The Rich Brother and Cathedral Thesis Paper Danny Miller LCS 121 Section H 9/28/14 “The Rich Brother” by Tobias Wolf‚ tells a story of two brothers with very different lifestyles and perspectives on the world. The main character Pete is a very successful real estate agent in Santa Cruz who tends to get caught up in the materialistic things in life. He always wants his image to appear superior to others‚ from the house‚ to the car‚ to the clothes and he seems to look down upon on those who are
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Critical Thinking Reflection Denise Smith HUM/115 Marguerite Dominguez 03/30/2015 Critical Thinking Reflection Receiving a College Degree Improves Your Career Opportunities If you were to take a poll in the United States asking if obtaining a college degree improves your career opportunities‚ you would most likely get a resounding‚ “yes.” During my research on the subject‚ I found that almost every single article I came across proved time and time again that
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another Gothic Cathedral. They created a mounsterous three hundred and seventy seven feet high‚ and four hundred and twenty seven feet long church: The Chartres Cathedral. The pointy tips of the monument was to form a sense of direction that allowed people to ultimately see for themselves that it does serve as a divine function. It is cemetrical to create a sense of peace and harmony. The Cathedral did not only stand as a center point for the city‚ but also a place of worship. The cathedral has been known
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The different gothic styles were influenced heavily by politics‚ religion‚ and the geographic location. Majority of the styles include the pointed arches‚ the ribbed vaults and the flying buttress. Gothic design is accustom for many of the great cathedrals‚ abbeys and churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castles‚ palaces‚
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be part of the church. (Scott‚ page 149) Cathedrals and churches were sacred spaces‚ an escape from the hardship and brutality of life‚ indicating that religion during this time was the most important influence in medieval culture‚ art‚ and architecture. It is evident in the monumental cathedrals and churches. Many argue that art and design weren’t important during Medieval times. It is evident‚ however‚ through careful observation of monumental cathedrals and churches built during the early Middle
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