Gothic architecture Gothic architecture Aosta ( French: Aoste) is the principal city and episcopal see of the Aosta Valley in the Italian Alps, 48 miles north-northwest of Turin, in Piedmont. It is site is near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great and Little St Bernard routes. Aosta is not the capital of the eponymous province, as these function are shared by the region and he communes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aosta"
Brick Gothic is a reduced style of Gothic architecture in Northern Europe, especially in the regions around the Baltic Sea without natural rock resources. The buildings are built more or less using only bricks. The resultant style is called Backsteingotik in Germany and Poland. Brick Gothic buildings therefore are to be found in the Baltic countries Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia and Sweden. Many of them are World Heritage Sites. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brick Gothic"
The Cathedral Church of All Saints is the bishop's church of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The current parish is a descendant of a small mission that was founded in 1857 by the Right Reverend Bishop Jackson Kemper. It is located in Milwaukee's downtown Yankee Hill neighbourhood. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cathedral Church of All Saints, Milwaukee"
The Cathedral of Chartres ("Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres," French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), located in Chartres, about 50 miles from Paris, is considered the finest example in all France of the " high Gothic" style of architecture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cathedral of Chartres"
The Cathedral of Magdeburg, officially called the Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice (known as Magdeburger Dom in German) was the first Gothic cathedral in Germany and with a height of 104 m, it is the tallest cathedral in the former East Germany. The cathedral is in Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, and is also home to the grave of Otto I the Great. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cathedral of Magdeburg"
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, officially the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in the City and Diocese of New York, is the Mother Church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the seat of its Bishop. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cathedral of Saint John the Divine"
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is located in the city of St. John's, Newfoundland. This parish is the oldest in North America, founded in 1699 in response to a petition drafted by the Anglican townsfolk of St. John's and sent to the Bishop of London, the Rt. Rev. Henry Compton. In this petition, the people also requested help in the rebuilding of their church, which had been destroyed, along with the rest of the city, in 1696 by the French under the command of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. At least six wooden churches stood on or near this site and were destroyed by military operations during the wars between the French and the British which finally resulted in British control of North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (St. John's)" Just shortopedia way
The Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais is a cathedral, located in Beauvais, in northern France. It is the cathedral of the Bishop of Beauvais-Noyons-Senlis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais"
Cologne Cathedral ( German: Kölner Dom) is one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany and has been Cologne's most famous landmark for centuries. The cathedral is under the administration of the Roman Catholic Church and is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne. From 1880, when its spires were completed, until 1884 it was the world's tallest structure, losing its title on the completion of the Washington Monument in Washington DC. Cologne Cathedral remains the tallest Gothic structure in the world, only the steeple of the Ulm Münster is higher. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cologne Cathedral"
The Decorated Gothic (or simply "Decorated") period is a historical division of English Gothic architecture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Decorated Gothic"
The Duomo di Milano is one of the most famous buildings in Europe. It is a particularly large and elaborate Gothic Cathedral ( Duomo ) on the main square in the center of the city of Milan, Italy. Milan's Duomo is the second largest Roman Catholic cathedral: only the cathedral of Seville is larger (as is Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, which is not a cathedral). It is 157 meters long and a total of 40,000 people can fit comfortably within. The great windows of the choir were reputed to be the largest in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duomo di Milano"
The Duomo (Cathedral) of Modena, in Italy, is one of the most outstanding Romanesque building of Europe and has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duomo di Modena"
In architecture, the Early English Period is a historical division of English Gothic architecture. It lasted throughout most of the 13th century, from about 1190—1250 according to Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, or 1189—1307, according to Thomas Rickman, who coined the term in his Attempt to Discriminate the Style of Architecture in England (1812—1815). Despite the name, the style is to be found in buildings throughout the British Isles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Early English Period"
In architecture, a flying buttress, or arc-boutant, is a structural feature used to transmit the thrust of a vault across an intervening space, such as an aisle, chapel or cloister, to a buttress built outside the latter. The employment of the flying buttress meant that the load bearing walls could contain cut-outs, such as for large windows, that would otherwise seriously weaken the vault walls. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flying buttress" http://www.shortopedia.com never sleeps.
Gothic architecture is a style of European architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, in use during the high and late medieval period, from the 12th century onwards. It was succeeded by Renaissance architecture beginning in Florence in the 15th century. A series of Gothic revivals began in mid- 18th century England, triumphed in 19th century Europe and continued, largely for ecclesiastical and university structures, into the 20th century. The term "Gothic" was originally intended as a stylistic insult equated with " barbarian," but the term has since matured into a simple description of style. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gothic architecture"
The Gothic Protestant Church of Avas is the oldest building in the downtown of the city of Miskolc, Northern Hungary. It was built in the 13th century as a small, Romanesque style church, later it was expanded to a larger Gothic style church. In 1544, during the Ottoman occupation of Hungary the Turks set the church on fire. Because it was already a Protestant church, the Catholic owner of the Diósgyőr estate, Borbála Fánchy didn't give her permission to use the wood from the nearby forests to rebuild the church, and it was rebuilt only more than twenty years later. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gothic Protestant Church of Avas"
Gothic Revival was an architectural movement with its origins in mid- 18th century England. In the 19th century, increasingly serious and learned neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval forms, in distinction to the classical styles which were prevalent at the time. The movement had significant influence in Europe and North America, with perhaps more Gothic architecture built in both the 19th century and 20th century than had originally ever been built. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gothic Revival architecture"
The Holstentor is a late Brick Gothic city gate, part of the medieval fortifications of Lübeck in Germany. It consists of two towers with an arched entranceway between them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Holstentor"
Maria am Gestade (St. Mary on the Strand) church ranks among Vienna's oldest buildings and one of the few surviving examples of Gothic architecture in the city. The church is located at Salvatorgasse 12, near the Donaukanal ("Danube canal"), a branch of the Danube. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maria am Gestade"
Notre Dame de Paris ( French for "Our Lady of Paris", meaning the church in Paris dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus), often known simply as Notre Dame in English, is a gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west. While a major tourist destination, it is still used as a Roman Catholic cathedral ( archbishopric of Paris). Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered the finest example of French gothic architecture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Notre Dame de Paris"
The Notre-Dame de Reims (Our Lady of Rheims) is the Cathedral of Reims, where the kings of France were once crowned. It replaces an older church, which was destroyed by a fire in 1211 and built on the site of the basilica, where Clovis was baptized by Saint Remi, bishop of Reims, in AD 496. The cathedral was completed by the end of the 13th century, with the exception of the west front (illustration, right). That portion was erected in the 14th century after 13th century designs—the nave having in the meantime been lengthened to afford room for the crowds that attended the coronations. The towers, which are 81 m (approx. 267 feet) tall, were originally designed to rise 120 m (approx. 394 feet). The southern tower contains two great bells, one of which, named “Charlotte” by the Cardinal of Lorraine in 1570, and weighs more than 10,000 kg (approx. 11 tons). ...more on Wikipedia about "Notre-Dame de Reims"
The city of Padua (Lat. Patavium, It. Padova) is the economic and communications hub of the Veneto region in northern Italy. The capital of Padova province, it stands on the Bacchiglione River, 40km west of Venice and 29km southeast of Vicenza, with a population of 211,985 ( 2004). The city is included, with Venice ( Italian Venezia), in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area, population 1,600,000. Its agricultural setting is the Pianura Padovana, the "Paduan plain," edged by the Euganaean Hills praised by Lucan and Martial, Petrarch and Ugo Foscolo. The city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into large communal piazze, and many bridges crossing the various branches of the Bacchiglione, which once surrounded the ancient walls like a moat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Padua, Italy"
The Palais des Papes in Avignon, France is one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe. It is one of many places called the Palace of the Popes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Palais des Papes"
Perpendicular is a geometric term that may be used as a noun or adjective. The fundamental meaning pertains to the position of straight lines relative to one another. Two lines are said to be perpendicular if they meet at a right angle. Note that two line segments positioned at 90° to one another are perpendicular only if they meet. Two lines are considered perpendicular if the product of their slopes is -1. ...more on Wikipedia about "Perpendicular"
The Perpendicular Period is the term given by Thomas Rickman to the third period of Gothic architecture in England, in consequence of the great predominance of perpendicular lines. In the later examples of the Decorated Period the omission of the circles in the tracery had led to the employment of curves of double curvature which developed into flamboyant tracery, and the introduction of the perpendicular lines was a reaction in the contrary direction. The mullions of the windows, which are sometimes of immense size, so as to give greater space for the stained glass, are carried up into the arch mold of the windows, and the upper portion is subdivided by additional mullions. The buttresses and wall surface are likewise divided up into vertical panels. The doorways are frequently enclosed within a square head over the arch moldings, the spandrels being fitted with quatrefoils or tracery. Inside the church the triforium disappears, or its place is filled with paneling, and greater importance is given to the clerestory windows which constitute the finest features in the churches of this period. The mouldings are flatter and less effective than those of the earlier periods, and one of the chief characteristics is the introduction of large elliptical hollows. The finest features of this period are the magnificent timber roofs, such as those of Westminster Hall ( 1395), Christ Church Hall, Oxford, and Crosby Hall. The earliest examples of the Perpendicular Period, dating from 1360, are found at Gloucester, where the masons of the cathedral would seem to have been far in advance of those in other towns. Among other buildings of note are the choir and tower of York Cathedral ( 1389- 1407); the nave and western transepts of Canterbury Cathedral ( 1378- 1411), and the tower, towards the end of the 15th century; New College, Oxford ( 1380- 1386); the Beauchamp Chapel, Warwick ( 1381– 1391); the nave and aisles of Winchester Cathedral ( 1399- 1419); the transept and tower of Merton College, Oxford ( 1424- 1450); Manchester Cathedral ( 1422); the central tower of Gloucester Cathedral ( 1454- 1457), and that of Magdalen College, Oxford ( 1475- 1480). To those examples should be added the towers at Wrexham, Coventry, Evesham, and St Mary's at Taunton, the first being of exceptional magnificence. ...more on Wikipedia about "Perpendicular Period"
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