GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

St. Sernin
(Romanesque)

Amiens
Cathedral
(Gothic)
 St. Sernin Amiens Cathedral
(Romanesque) (Gothic)
 St. Sernin Amiens Cathedral
(Romanesque) (Gothic)
 St. Sernin Amiens Cathedral
(Romanesque) (Gothic)
Flying Buttress
Stained Glass Windows
Rose Window
 Various Gothic Styles

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Early Gothic (1130-1190) ‘Early English' Period (1175-1250)

High Gothic (1190–1240) ‘Decorated' Period (1250-1300)

Rayonnant Gothic (1240–1350) ‘Perpendicular' Period (1350-1400)

Late Gothic or the Flamboyant style

(1350–1520)
Wells Cathedral

Decorated Gothic
Perpendicular Gothic
Salisbury Cathedral, England

123 m spire
 Peterborough
Cathedral, England
Westminster Abbey, London
Flamboyant style

Rayonnant style
Rayonnant style
Aix la Chapelle, Paris, France
Exeter Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral, France
Chartres Cathedral
Reims Cathedral, France
Beauvais Cathedral, France
Bourges Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral
Robert de Luzarches
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
Bishop Maurice de Sully
Notre Dame Cathedral
West Facade
Antwerp Cathedral
Belgium
Cologne Cathedral,
Germany
 Order

Cologne Cathedral,
Germany
Ulm Cathedral,
Germany
160 m spire
Henrich von Gmunden
Milan Cathedral, Italy
Siena Cathedral, Italy
Seville Cathedral, Spain
 Fan Vaults

King’s College Chapel

England
Palazzo Ducale Giovanni and Bartolomeo Buon
 BYZANTINE ROMANESQUE GOTHIC

ART Mosaics, icons Frescoes, stylized Stained glass,

sculpture more natural
sculpture

ARCHITECTURE Central-dome Barrel-vaulted Pointed Arch

Church Church Cathedral

EXAMPLE Hagia Sophia St. Sernin Chartres

DATE 532-537 Begun 1080 1194-1260

PLACE Constantinople Toulose, France Chartres, France

 Romanesque Gothic

Radiating chapels Separate compartments. Unified, unbroken

and apse: space.

Vault: Mostly barrel-vaults, some Groin-vaulted

groin-vaults. cathedrals.

Arch type: Rounded arches. Pointed arches.

Main vault support: Thick walls, buttresses. Exterior flying

buttresses.

Clerestory: Small windows. Large stained-glass

windows.
 Romanesque Gothic

Elevation: Horizontal, modest height. Vertical, soaring.

Exterior: Plain, little decoration, solid. Ornate, delicate, lots of

sculpture.

Sculptural Thin, elongated, abstract More realistic

decoration: figures. proportions and
individualized features.
Mood: Dark, gloomy. Tall, light-filled.

Example: St. Sernin, Toulouse, Chartres Cathedral,

France. France.