Gothic Flashcards
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Gothic
Style originated in France and spread over the whole Western Europe. Outgrowth elaboration of the Romanesque, characterized by use of pointed arch, buttress, tracery, and large windows. Structure dominated by balancing thrust and counterthrust. Dominance of vertical line.Oak used for woodwork and furniture. Furniture designs borrowed from architectural form.
Gothic Culture
Religion and the spiritual side of existence were the most important interests in the life of most people, and in which a large portion of each individuals….
Gothic Cathedral
Became center of town life, filled the requirements of the modern town hall, library, school, museum, and picture gallery. Bragging rights, tourist attraction. Housed relics which people saught to see, and pray in front off/to.
Fundamental Teachings of Church
- Piety: fulfillment of religion obligations 2. Humility: 3. Ascenticism: personal and spiritual discipline.
Gothic Architecture
Focus on verticle line. Height & lightness,
PURPOSE OF GOTHIC ART
APPEAL TO THE EMOTIONAL SIDE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE STEEPED IN IGNORANCE AND SUPERSTITION
GOTHIC INTERIORS
DETAILS OF CATHEDRALS BECOME THE INSPIRATION FOR DESIGN OF CONTEMPORARY SECULAR BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS, AND OBJECTS USED FOR INTERIORS.
GOTHIC DETAILING
CARE & EFFORT GIVEN TO DESIGHN. CONSTRUCTION AND DECOR COVERED EVERY INCH…PATTERN REPALCED WITH TEXTURE (CK IN BOOK)
GOTHIC FLOOR PLAN
LATIN CROSS PLAN. WHERE THE LENGTH OF CROSS IS LONGER THAN THE WIDTH. CENTER ISLE: NAVE. TRANSEPT: ARMS. WHERE NAVE AND TRANSEPT INTERSECT: SEMICIRCULAR ENDING: APSE. WLAKWAY AROUND THE APSE: AMBULATORY; FRONT ENTRANCE AREA: NARTHEX
IMPORTANT FEATURE OF GOTHIC DESIGN
POINTED ARCH: PROVIDED A HARMONIOUS AND MORE UNIFIED EFFECT. PERMITTED HIGHER WINDOWS FOR THE NAVE ILLUMINATION.
iMPORTANT FEATURE OF PONTED ARCH
INTERSECTING VAULTS (GROIN VAULT) IS ONE OF HTE MOST CHARACTERSTIC FEATURES. ALSO KNOWS AS A RIBBED FAULT. CONTINUOUS. SPAN A SPACE FOREVER. STRUCTURALLY SOUND. BASED ON A SQUARE…X CONNECTS THE SQUARES AND CAN THEN BE CONTINUOUS
ISOLATED SUPPORT FOR PONTED ARCHH ALLOWED FOR WHAT
STAINED GLASS WINOWS…NO MORE SOLID WALLS.
MULLIONS
STONE SUBDIVISIONS TO SUPPORT THE LARGE GOTHIC WINDOWS.
MULLION PATTERN
TRACERY
IMPORTANCE OF STAIN GLASS WINDOWS
TOLD STORIES OF CHRISTIANITY TO THE PUCLIS WHO 1. COULDN’T READ 2. DIDN’T UNDERSTAND LATIN.
ROSE WINDOW
ABOVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE PORTAL OF CATHEDRAL FACADE WAS USUALLY PLACED A LARGE CIRCULAR OPENING.
ROSE WINDOW DETAILS
TREATED WITH SPOKE-LIKE DESIGN OF TRACERY FILLED WITH RUBY, VIOLET, AND BLUE GLASS.
BUTTRESS
THE ELIMINATION OF THE SUPPORTING WALL OFTENPLACED TOO GREAT OF WIGHT UPON THE PIERS. BUTTRESS ADDED SUPPORT ON THE EXTERIOR. TRANSFERS WEIGHT FROM ALL, DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE BUTTRESS TO THE FOOTING/PIER. DISTRIBURES THE WEIGHT.
FLYING BUTTRESS
WHERE A SINGLE BUTTRESS WAS INSUFFICIENT, ANOTHER BUTTRESS WAS BUILT IN SHORT DISTANCE BEYOND, WHICH WAS CONNECTED TOTHE PIER BY AN ARCH.
GOTHIC BUILDING CONCEPT
EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN WIEGHT OF STONE ARCH AND ECONOMY OF MATERIALS IN BUTTRESES
GOTHIC MATERIALS
SMALLER STONES AND MUCH MOTAR, WHICH ENABLES BUILDERS TO USE MORE CURVED FORMS.
GOTHIC GARGOYLE
BESIDES DEFENDING AWAY EVIL SPIRITS, THEY WOULD ACT AS A WATER SPOUT THAT WOULD DRAIN WATER FROM TEH PARAPIT GUTTER.
GOTHIC CHIMERA
IMAGINATOUS BEAST. MAIN PURPOSE IS TO SIT THERE AND WARD AWAY EVIL SPIRITS.
GOTHIC LIVING
CASTLE FLOOR PLAN: ALL CASTLES HAD A MOAT(DITCH). FIXED BRIDGE, DRAW BRIDGE. ALL OUTSIDE WALL KNOWN AS CUTAIN WALL ANYWHERE FROM 8-20 FT THICK. BUILDING FOR DEFENSIVE REASONS. HIGH TOWERS TO SEE A LONG DISTANCE. OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON THE KEEP - IT IS WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVED. LOCATED ON HIGHEST POINT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. MOST SECURE PLACE WITHIN COMPOUND.
