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	Gothic architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gothic architecture is a style of architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, which flourished in Europe during the high and late medieval period.
		The Gothic cathedral was supposed to be a microcosm representing the world, and each architectural concept, mainly the loftiness and huge dimensions of the structure, were intended to pass a theological message: the great glory of God versus the smallness and insignificance of the mortal being.
		In England, some discrete Gothic details appeared on new construction at Oxford and Cambridge in the late seventeenth century, and at the Archbishop of Canterbury's residence Lambeth Palace, a Gothic hammerbeam roof was built in 1663 to replace a building that had been sacked during the English Civil War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gothic_architecture (2312 words)

	Decorated Period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Decorated Period, in architecture (also known as the Decorated Gothic, or simply "Decorated") period is a historical division of English Gothic architecture.
		The style was geometrical at first and flowing in the later period, owing to the omission of the circles in the window tracery.
		This flowing or flamboyant tracery was introduced in the first quarter of the 14th century and lasted about fifty years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flamboyant_Gothic (548 words)

	End of Europe's Middle Ages - Visual Arts
		In France, the Late, or Flamboyant phase of Gothic architecture began in the late thirteenth century and is characterised by a profusion of ornamentation, the aim of the architect being to disguise and camouflage structural supports.
		The development of Flamboyant Gothic was interrupted by the Hundred Years' War and mature examples of the style do not appear until the fifteenth century, with few structural innovations occurring in the intervening period.
		The Gothic inspiration is seen in the vast height of the interior and the importance of the role of light is demonstrated in the large groups of windows at the east end.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/art2.html (1672 words)

	Gothic Art And Architecture
		Gothic art evolved from Romanesque art and lasted from the mid-12th century to as late as the end of the 16th century in some areas.
		The term Gothic was coined by classicizing Italian writers of the Renaissance, who attributed the invention (and what to them was the non-classical ugliness) of medieval architecture to the barbarian Gothic tribes that had destroyed the Roman Empire and its classical culture in the 5th century Ad.
		At the technical level Gothic architecture is characterized by the ribbed vault (a vault in which stone ribs carry the vaulted surface), the pointed arch, and the flying buttress (normally a half arch carrying the thrust of a roof or vault across an aisle to an outer pier or buttress).
	history-world.org /gothic_art_and_architecture.htm (5979 words)

	Gothic architecture
		Gothic architecture in France may be divided into four periods: Early Gothic, lancet Gothic, Rayonnet Gothic, and Late, or Flamboyant, Gothic.
		In Germany, the Gothic style until the end of the 13th century was at first heavily influenced by that of France; for example Cologne Cathedral, the largest in northern Europe, was built after the model of Amiens.
		Gothic architecture in England is divided into three styles: Early English (1200–75), for example Salisbury Cathedral;; Decorated (1300–75), for example York Minster; and Perpendicular (1400–1575), for example Winchester Cathedral.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0001560.html (477 words)

	Architecture - Flamboyant Gothic
		The churches were still Gothic, but the style was trans-formed by the changed ideal into one quite different from that of the austerely aspiring cathedrals.
		It is evident that the tendency is away from the splendid socialism of the earlier Gothic period.
		Vanderbilt's home on Fifth Avenue is a chateau flamboyant with a suspicion of the new Italian ornament in its parts, whereas the Cornelius Vanderbilt mansion farther up the Avenue has many of the book details but little of the essence of the old.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles10/architecture-9.shtml (2331 words)

	flamboyant style - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		flamboyant style the final development in French Gothic architecture that reached its height in the 15th cent.
		Flamboyant works exhibit pronounced freedom and exuberance, created by high, attenuated proportions, accumulated and elaborate traceries, and many crockets, pinnacles, and canopied niches.
		Other conspicuous examples are the Palais de Justice at Rouen, begun 1482; the west chapels of Amiens Cathedral; the northern spire of Chartres; and the south transept of the cathedral at Beauvais.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-flamboya.html (447 words)

	Gothic Architecture - Clipart ETC
		Gothic Architecture Gothic architecture has pointed arches, clustered pillars, vaulted roofs, and profusion of ornaments.
		Canapy A canapy is the projecting moulding that surrounds the arches and heads of Gothic niches.
		Palace Facade Facade of a Gothic palace in Venice, Italy.
	etc.usf.edu /clipart/galleries/Arts/gothic_architecture.htm (1128 words)

	A2Z Languages: Pictures and information about the architecture of Paris
		From the mid-12th century to the 16th century northern European architecture was characterized by the use of flying buttresses, pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and traceried windows.
		Gothic architecture originated at the royal abbey church of St. Denis, built by Abbot Suger between 1137 and 1144.
		Indeed, Gothic architecture was most fully developed in France and England, where the style spread in the late 12th century.If you look closely at certain Gothic buildings, you'll notice that they're slightly asymmetrical.
	www.a2zlanguages.com /Teenageprograms/paris/paris-architecture.htm (1032 words)

	Study Aid #6
		Perhaps the most distinctive German contribution to the Gothic was the exploitation of the idea of the hall church, in which the side aisles reach the same height as the nave, e.g.
		Gothic vaulting was even used in some of the early Spanish colonial churches built in Mexico.
		Instead, the proportions, balance, and solidity of Italian gothic buildings demonstrated the persistent influence of its ancient classical heritage, e.g.: San Francesco, Assisi, 1228-1253, cloister 1476; Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1246-; and the Duomo (the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore) of Florence, 1296-1420, Arnolfo di Cambio and Francesco Talenti architects.
	www.drexel.edu /comad/Archsoc/Archsoc2/sa6b.htm (651 words)

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		1) Early Gothic is characterized by Paris and Chartres cathedrals, 2) Radiant Gothic by Reims cathedral and the St. Chapelle in Paris, and 3) Flamboyant Gothic by the cathedral of Toul and the choir of Mont St. Michel.
		Romanesque and Gothic churches contain three portals in the west facade, one in the north transept, and one in the south transept.
		The Romanesque style evolved as rapidly as the Gothic which replaced it, and despite the Romanesque interior's reputation for gloominess, great sanctuaries such as Vezelay and Autun achieve a lightness and a luminosity which rival those of the first Gothic edifices.
	titan.iwu.edu /~callahan/glossaire-e.html (1041 words)

	European Memoirs: Rouen & Honfleur
		I'm a big fan of gothic churches, though none of these are significantly covered in books on the subject.
		There are three gothic churches that are the main sights in Rouen.
		The last gothic church I visited was the Abbey Church of Saint-Ouen.
	europeanmemoirs.blogspot.com /2006/09/rouen-honfleur.html (421 words)

	Flamboyant Style - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Flamboyant Style, in architecture, the final phase of the Gothic style in France, roughly covering the 15th century, originating in the 1370s and...
		Flamboyant architecture originated in the 1380s in the work of the French court architect Guy de Dammartin.
		Spurning the Flamboyant style altogether, English builders devised their own late Gothic style of architecture, the Perpendicular style.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Flamboyant_Style.html (111 words)

	Paris
		The new Gothic era say important women such as Eleanor of Aquitane, the wife of Louis VII, presiding over a "court of love" in which courtly manners and respect for women were the hallmark.
		The cult of the Virgin Mary was of growing importance in the middle ages, and by the Gothic period was the single most important cult in Christianity.
		Eleanor of Aquitane and her husband, Louis VII and members of the Royal Court were in attendance at the dedication of the new choir of the abbey church of St. Denis, in 1144.
	www.emich.edu /abroad/staff/Benita/Paris1.html (2065 words)

	Cathédrale Saint-Etienne de Toulouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is the contrast between the nave and the choir and the lack of symmetry of the facade which account for the originality of the cathedral of Toulouse.
		To a strict and cold early 13th century nave, builders added a choir, set slightly to the north, between 1272 and 1610 in northern Gothic style.
		In 1449-1451, an off-centre Flamboyant Gothic door was built onto the primitive facade, which is crushed by the large bell tower-dungeon.
	www.monum.fr /visitez/decouvrir/fiche.dml?id=162&lang=en (75 words)

	French Gothic Cathedrals
		Late Gothic structures are most prevalent in the Normandy and northern region of France, as compared to the central nature of the High and Early Gothic in France.
		Here in the late gothic we find a distillation of the earlier visions of Gothic architects and designers in concentrating purely on the experience of light and atmosphere, as the size, grandeur and broad sweeping stone structures of the preceding Cathedrals become boiled down to the bare essentials of ornamentation.
		With the decline of the Gothic style, we find a similar shift and decline of the values and culture of the middle ages as France moves into a new age of the Renaissance.
	www.daisychurch.com /cathedral/late.html (662 words)

	Cloisters - Cadouin - Glenn & Karen Marcus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The cloisters were built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, provide a magnificent example of flamboyant Gothic architecture.
		In 1935 the two bands of embroidery at either end of the cloth were shown to contain an Arabic text from around the eleventh century and that ended the proposperity for the Abbaye.
		The Abbaye is open daily except except during January and the first part of February between Tues 10am–12.30pm and 2–6pm.
	www.marcuslink.com /travel/cloisters/FR-cadouin.htm (236 words)

	Gothic Bench
		Description: This oak bench is a tribute to High Gothic styling as interpreted by 19th century French craftsmen whose originality and whimsy make this one of the most captivating benches we have ever acquired.
		In its overall structure, it is faithful to its roots in the so-called Flamboyant Gothic, making generous use of fenestrage decoration whose inspiration lies in the elaborate designs of stained glass windows in Gothic cathedrals.
		In keeping with 19th century reverence for Gothic furniture, this piece is made from solid oak stained to a rich, dark hue which has attained a lush patina with age.
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,gothic-bench,1166285.html (712 words)

	The Gothic Cathedral
		Much like the skyscrapers of the modern era, the Gothic cathedral in many ways an experiment in how tall a building could be built.
		It is during this High Gothic phase that the flying buttress is devised.
		The construction of these feats of engineering was known to be risky, and it is documented that many lives were lost during the construction of the great high Gothic churches.
	www.uwm.edu /~akademan/final/high/high.html (211 words)

	Gothic - MalibuMountainWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In Gothic Architecture the pointed arch is utilised in every position where an arched shape is called for, both structural and decorative.
		Gothic vaulting over spaces both large and small is usually supported by richly moulded ribs.
		The biggest brick gothic building is the Teutonic Knights Castle of Malbork in Poland and the biggest brick gothic church is the St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk in Gdansk.
	malibumountaingallery.com /wiki/index.php?title=Gothic&printable=yes (2161 words)

	The Gothic Cathedral
		With the Renaissance approaching, the Gothic style of cathedral would soon be seen as vulgar and widely unpopular by a country of people who were likely tired of funding the hugely expensive buildings.
		As a whole, the pace with which the cathedrals were being built by the time of the fifteenth century had slowed to a trickle.
		Adorned with wild flame motifs and a more stylized concept of decorative embellishment, the later cathedrals of the Gothic style were all the rage for a very short time.
	www.uwm.edu /People/akademan/final/high/rayonant.html (132 words)

	Gothic Cabinet (Dressoir)
		Description: This Gothic style dressoir pays homage to the pinnacle of Gothic furniture design displaying the intricately carved patterns known as fenestrage, inspired by the shapes and detailing of stained glass windows in Gothic cathedrals of Northern France.
		We expect that this dressoir was custom made for a 19th century French collector who wished to evoke the highly refined and intricate carving of the master craftsmen of the late 15th century as the flamboyant Gothic style went out in a blaze of glory.
		Linen-fold or plis de serviette patterns, a staple on the menu of design elements for gothic furniture, are used vertically on the panels on either side and to the rear of the angled panels and at the back of the pot-board (the shelf forming the bottom of the dressoir).
	www.goantiques.com /detail,gothic-cabinet,852984.html (708 words)

	Flamboyant style - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Flamboyant Style, in architecture, the final phase of the Gothic style in France, roughly covering the 15th century.
		Flamboyant architecture originated in the 1380s with French court architect Guy de Dammartin.
		Gothic Art and Architecture : Late Gothic Period : Architecture : Flamboyant Style
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Flamboyant+style (160 words)

	Somme tourism : accommodation, summer and winter holidays - Somme France
		Marvel at its flamboyant gothic collegiate church, discover the stained glass windows by Alfred Manessier, a native of the area, follow in the footsteps of Prehistoric pioneers, succumb to the charms of a town brimming with character, whose rich history has been preserved thanks to careful renovation.
		In the XVIth century a gothic choir and sepulchral chapel were also added, and it underwent a series of renovations in the XIXth century.
		It was at this time that the Flamboyant Gothic style flourished and the Saint Vulfran Collegiate Church was built.
	www.somme-tourisme.com /uk/decouvrir/baie/Abbeville/abbeville.asp (1796 words)

	Gothic Desk, Antique Tables & Desks-Item 3229 by M. Markley! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Based on tracery or fenestrage with its roots in the flamboyant style of Gothic architectural design, this desk is a feast for the eyes while offering the convenience and practicality of a large horizontal surface and two spacious drawers.
		Unlike most pieces of furniture made in 19th century France at the height of the Gothic Revival movement, this desk is light in color -- displaying the richness and depth of the walnut rather than stained darkly and obscuring the beauty of the wood.
		Its overall structure is that of a classic table-bureau from the 17th century overlaid with Gothic design elements.
	www.mmarkley.com /tables/3229.html (225 words)

	Belgium - Catherdral Of Antwerp
		It is a fine early and middle Gothic church, with a late Gothic or flamboyant tower; but, relatively to its fame it is externally disappointing.
		The upper portion, with the octagonal lantern of very open work, flanked by projecting pinnacles, tied by small buttresses, is in later flamboyant Gothic, and was erected in 1502-1518, by Dominic de Waghamakere, the architect of the Gothic portion of the Town Hall at Ghent.
		The interior is impressive and solemn, with its high nave, transepts, and choir, of good simple Gothic, and its three rows of aisles, the perspective of which, with their many pillars, is extremely striking.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/belgium-22.shtml (2398 words)

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