Concepts: Origins of and elements of the Gothic Style in France Vocabulary: Rib Vaults Piers Flying Buttresses Pointed Arches Rosa Window Images: 13.2 Interior of Saint-Denis‚ Gothic‚ French 13.9 Durham Cathedral‚ Gothic‚ English 13.10 South Wall of (Chartres Cathedral)‚ Gothic‚ French 13.13
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Frescos Art was also another dominant Gothic Art forms‚ carrying Christian and Secular essence‚ and presented in a Typological format. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres‚ or better known as (Notre Dame De Chartres) is considered one of the finest examples in all France of the Gothic style of Architecture‚ Stained Glass and Sculpture. Chartres is a cathedral that inspires beauty‚ and structures that symbolize the triumph of the sprit over bond of earthly life. The indoor space could hold the townspeople
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for the increased presence in architectural monuments and during the Romanesque and Gothic periods‚ a great cathedral construction boom occurred across Europe. The Romanesque and Gothic architectural styles were distinctive in not only the massiveness of the Romanesque monuments and the introduction of the cruciform plan but also for the introduction of the Gothic era art within the Cathedrals which included the inclusion of art the radiating Rose Window‚ column figures and the gargoyle among many
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1) Compare and contrast Roman and Greek temple architecture by using the Pantheon‚ Maison Carree and the Parthenon. Do these architectural programs serve different purposes? Throughout history‚ art has evolved and created many styles and forms. From a painting to the structure of an architectural building‚ artists have been influenced by another art work in one way or another. One highly influential example would be the connection between the Greek and Roman Worlds. The Greeks were a society that
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rose-window became a feature in most cathedrals. The rose-window was popular throughout the thirteenth century. These windows were decorated with God‚ Christ or the Virgin in the center and were surrounded by the cosmos. The shimmering‚ colored light was a representation of the heavenly city of Jerusalem as it was described in the Book of Revelations‚ as a city of gold and precious stones. An example of this work is the famous Rose Window for Chartres Cathedral‚ or the Cathedral of
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Gothic Art is concerned with the painting‚ sculpture‚ architecture‚ and music characteristic of the second of two great international eras that flourished in western and central Europe during the Middle Ages. Architecture was the most important and original art form during the Gothic period. The principal structural characteristics of Gothic architecture arose out of medieval masons’ efforts to solve the problems associated with supporting heavy masonry ceiling vaults over wide spans. The problem
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Cited: Chartres Cathedral. (nd). The Cathedral of Chartres. Retrieved May 18‚ 2013‚ from Chartres Cathedral: http://www.chartrescathedral.net/ Hemingway‚ C. (2003‚ October). Architecture in Ancient Greece. Retrieved June 3‚ 2013‚ from Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grarc/hd_grarc
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and style. Discuss briefly the role of a sculpture in a named Cathedral from the Gothic Period." The word "Gothic" was given to the style of architecture that evolved between 1150 and 1499 in Europe. It was invented by the Renaissance historians and artists to express their negative attitude to an art they thought was barbaric. Gothic culture was urban based unlike Romanesque culture which was‚ for the most part‚ rural based. Cathedrals became great centres for education and political power during
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architectural and made the Cathedrals come alive with the glow of the colored glass
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Education is not all about studying and getting good marks. It is really a means to discover new things which we don’t know about and increase our knowledge. An educated person has the ability to differentiate between right and wrong or good and evil. It is the foremost responsibility of a society to educate its citizens. Focus should be on women’s education because the knowledge and empowerment of one woman can bring about a change in a family and even the society as a whole. It is the uneducated
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