Gothic architecture Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished in Europe during the high and late medieval period.

1. SUB :-HISTORY OF
ARCHITECTURE
TOPIC :- GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

2. o WHAT IS GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE ?
• Gothic architecture is a style of
architecture that flourished in Europe
during the high and late medieval period.
• It evolved from Romanesque architecture
and was succeeded by renaissance
architecture.
• Originating in 12th century in France and
lasting into the 16th century.
• Its characteristics include the pointed
arch, ribbed vault, flying buttress.
• It is the architecture of cathedrals,
abbeys, castles, palaces, town halls, guild
halls, universities, etc.

4. Flying buttress
Pointed arch Ribbed vaulting

7. o TYPES OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE :-
• Early gothic period (1120-1220)
• Late gothic period (1220-1236)
o FOLLOWING ARE THE EXAMPLES OF
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
(1) Laon cathedral
(2) Amiens cathedral
(3) Milan cathedral
(4) Salisbury cathedral
(5) Glucester cathedral

8. LAON
CATHEDRAL
(1)
Laon cathedral, Picardy, France

9. • Laon cathedral is a catholic
church located in Laon, Picardy,
France.
• It is one of the most important
example of the gothic
architecture of the 12th and 13th
centuries.
• The cathedral is the seat of the
bishop of Laon.
• It has been listed among the
monuments Historiques since
1840.

10. o HISTORY
• Dates from the 12th and early 13th centuries.
• Was burned out and damaged during the communal
insurrection in 1112.
• Reconstruction begun in 1160.
• Finished by 1174.
• Second campaign started about in 1180.
• Completed after 1205.
• Then the choir was replaced by the greatly lengthened present
choir in 1215.

11. • Of the seven planed towers
flaking the facades, only five are
complete to the height of the
base of the spires.
• If all seven towers were
completed, at the time of
construction, laon would
have more towers than any
other cathedral built at the
time.
o TOWERS

12. o ROSE WINDOW
• The west front is having
three porches, the centre one
surmounted by a fine rose
window, next to ‘ Notre dame
de Paris ‘ in the purity of its
gothic style.

13. o MATERIAL
• White stone is used in the interior.
• The cathedral has stained glass of the
13th century and a Chanel screen of the
18th century.
• Althrough the cathedral suffered
some damage during the French
revolution and the Franco-prussian war
of 1870.

14. AMIENS
CATHEDRAL
(2)
Amiens, Picardy, France

15. • The amiens cathedral (cathedral basilica of our lady of Amiens) is
a roman catholic cathedral and seat of the bishop of Amiens.
• It is situated on a slight ridge overlooking the river Somme in
amiens, the administrative capital of the Picardy region of France,
some 120 km north of Paris.
• It is the 19th largest church in the world.

16. • INTERNAL HEIGHT : 42.30 M
• GREATEST INTERNAL VOLUME
: 200,000 cubic metres.
• BUILT BETWEEN :
1220– 1270.
• LISTED AS WORLD HERITAGE
SITE IN : 1270.

17. o CONSTRUCTION
• Started work of cathedral in 1220
by bishop Evrard de Fouilly.
• Robert de Luzarches was architect
until 1228.
• Thomas de Cormont was ar. Until
1258.
• Renaud de Cormont was ar. Until
1288.

18. o THE EXTERIOR
• Three vast deep porches
• gallery of twenty-two over lifesize
kings
• Rose window
• Open arcade above the rose window
• Two towers
-South tower (finished in 1366)
-North tower(finished in 1406)

19. o FACADE

20. o THE INTERIOR
• Amiens cathedral contains the largest
medieval interior in western europe,
supported by 126 pillars.
• Both the nave and chancel are vast but
extremely light, with considerable amounts
of stained glass surviving, despite the
depredations of war.

22. o JOHN THE BAPIST’S HEAD
• The initial impetus for the building of the cathedral came from
the installation of the reputed head of john the Bapist on 17
December.

23. o SCULPTURES

24. o MATERIAL
• STONE VAULT
• ORIGINAL STAINED GLASS
• THE BAROQUE PULPIT OF MARBLE
AND GILDED WOOD

25. MILAN
CATHEDRAL
•
(3)
Milan Cathedral, Europe

26. o HISTORY
• The Duomo Di Milano is one of the most famous buildings in
Europe.
• It is the largest gothic cathedral and the second largest
cathedral in the world.
• Saint Ambrose’s “new basilica” WS Buikt on this site at the
beginning of the 5th century.
• With an adjoining basilica added in 836.
• When fire damaged both building in 1075.
• They were rebuilt as the Duomo.
• In 1386, started the construction of the original cathedral.
• It is finally completed in 1965.

27. o ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS
• Pointed arches
 Round arches on the side + round arches
unequal heights
 Pointed arches on the sides +round arches
• Diagonal- equal hieghts
• Brick with candoglia marble is used in cathedrial.
• It’s style is italian gothic.

28. • Milan’s layout ,with streets
either radiating from the
duomo or circling it.
• After the accession of carlo
borromeo tp the chbishop’s
throne , all lay monuments
were removedfrom the duomo.
• The cathedral was built over
severl hundred years in a
number of contrasting styles
and the quality of the
workmanshipvaries markedly

29. • The plan consists of a nave with four side aisles, crossed by a
transept and then followed by choir and apse, the height of the
nave is about 45 meters, the hightest gothic vaults of a
complete church.
• The roof is open to tourists, which allows many a close-up view
of some spectacular sculpture that would otherwise bi
unappreciated.
• It is 157 meters long— 40,000 people can stand comfortably
inside . The main spire is 109 meters high. The great windows of
the choir are considered the largest in the world. It is a
particularly elaborate example of Gothic Cathedral. The colors
are a strong mixture of gray, yellow, brown, rose and violet.

30. •The cathedral is made of white marble and has a cross-
shaped plan. The forest of 135 pinnacles, and the rich
embellishment with statuary identifies it as Late Gothic. In
this forest you can look at the “Madonnina”, which is a gold
statue rappresenting the Vergin. The façade is a mixed of
baroque and neogothic style.

31. Carving on cathedral ‘s main
entrance door
• the interior of the cathedral
includes numerous
monuments and artworks
these include:

32. SALISBURY
CATHEDRAL
(4)
Salisbury Cathedral, England

33. • West front - The west front is of the screen-type, clearly
deriving from that at wells. It is composed of two stair
turrets at each extremity, with two niched buttresses
nearer the centre line supporting the large central triple
window.
• The stair turrets are topped with spirelets and the central
section is topped by a gable which contains four lancet
windows topped by two round quatrefoil windows
surmounted by a mandorla containing Christ in Majesty.
• At ground level there is a principal door flanked by two
smaller doors. The whole is highly decorated with
quatrefoil motifs, columns, trefoil motifs and bands
of diapering.
• The entire façade is about 33 metres high and wide.
o BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE

34. • Nave - Salisbury Cathedral is
unusual for its tall and narrow
nave, and has visual accentuation
due to the use of light grey
Chilmark stone for the walls and
dark polished Purbeck marble for
the columns. It has three levels: a
tall pointed arcade, an open
gallery and a
small clerestory Lined up between
the pillars are notable tombs.
• Chapter house and Magna Carta -
The chapter house is notable for
its octagonal shape, slender
central pillar and decorative
medieval frieze.

36. GLOUCESTER
CATHEDRAL
(5)
Gloucester Cathedral, England

37. • Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St
Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity,
in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near
the River Severn. It originated in 678 or 679 with the
foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter…

38. o CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE
• The cathedral, built as the abbey
church, consists of a Norman nucleus
(Walter de Lacy is buried there), with
additions in every style of Gothic
architecture.
• It is 420 feet (130 m) long, and 144
feet (44 m) wide, with a fine central
tower of the 15th century rising to the
height of 225 ft (69 m) and topped by
four delicate pinnacles, a famous
landmark.
• The nave is massive Norman with
an Early English roof; the crypt, under
the choir, aisles and chapels, is
Norman, as is the chapter house.

39. • The south porch is in the Perpendicular
style, with a fan-vaulted roof, as also is
the north transept, the south being
transitional Decorated Gothic.
• The choir has Perpendicular tracery
over Norman work, with an apsidal
chapel on each side: the choir vaulting is
particularly rich.
• The late Decorated east window is
partly filled with surviving
medieval stained glass. Between the
apsidal chapels is a cross Lady chapel,
and north of the nave are the cloisters,
the carrels or stalls for the monks' study
and writing lying to the south.

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