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	Gothic Quarter in Barcelona and hotels near the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona - EasyToBook.com - EasyToBook
		The oldest section and heart of the city of Barcelona is the gothic quarter.
		Past that are two cathedrals and gothic fountains; you are now entering an even older part of the city, some buildings dating back to the 1300's.
		Situated in the heart of the gothic quarter, surrounded by the cathedral, the Paseo del Borne, the port...
	www.easytobook.com /en/barcelona-hotels/barcelona/landmarks/gothic-quarter-in-barcelona (367 words)

	Gothic architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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.
		Gothic elements are the paired lancet windows joined under a molding that threw rainwater away from their sills, and the buttresses between each pier and on the angles of the gatehouse tower, with its fortification references.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gothic_architecture (1725 words)

	Gothic architecture and art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The character of the Gothic visual aesthetic was one of immense vitality; it was spikily linear and restlessly active.
		Gothic style was the dominant structural and aesthetic mode in Europe for a period of up to 400 years.
		The High Gothic phase of architecture was ushered in by the Cathedral of Chartres, begun after 1194 and followed in rapid succession by the cathedrals of Bourges, Reims, Amiens, and Beauvais.
	www.bartleby.com /65/go/Gothicar.html (1702 words)

	French Gothic Cathedrals
		The beginning of the Gothic style, dated to 1140, is usually attributed to the influences of Abbot Suger, an advisor of King Louis VI and VII of France, and Bernard of Clairvaux.
		A prime example of Early Gothic and its transition from the Romanesque is the Cathedral of Laon, situated in the Northeast region of France.
		The presence of stained glass came along later during the Gothic period, during the 1200s, and is seen in the presence of the flat chevet (such as the large Rose Window and accompanying lancets), and the west rose (wheel) window.
	www.daisychurch.com /cathedral/early.html (1255 words)

	Notre Dame de Paris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The cathedral displays a sculpture of the Virgin Mary which is known as the Virgin of Paris.
		Joan of Arc is beatified in 1909 in Notre Dame.
		However, the cathedral was infested with demons and apparently underground is a complex filled with an arcane presence and design.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris (1700 words)

	Robert Branner: Gothic Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gothic was not dark, massive, and contained, like the older Romanesque style, but light, open and aerial, and its appearance in all parts of Europe had an enduring effect on the outlook of succeeding generations.
		The cathedrals of course were all situated in towns, and most monasteries, with the notable exception of those of the ascetic Cistercians, had by the twelfth century become centers of communities which possessed many of the functions of civic life.
		The cathedral or abbey church was the edifice in which the populace congregated on major feast days; it saw the start and the end of splendid and colorful processions, and it housed the earliest dramatic performances or lent its facade to them like stage scenery.
	www.columbia.edu /~eer1/branner.html (4107 words)

	ipedia.com: Gothic architecture Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gothic architecture is any of the styles of architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, in use throughout Europe during the high and late medieval period, from the 12th c...
		Gothic architecture is any of the styles of architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, in use throughout Europe during the high and late medieval period, from the 12th century onwards.
		Gothic elements are the paired lancet windows joined under a single molding that threw rainwater awar from their sills, and the buttresses between each pier and on the angles of the gatehouse tower, with its fortification references.
	www.ipedia.com /gothic_architecture.html (947 words)

	Sanford & A Lifetime of Color: Study Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Painting in the Gothic era was most known for the development of oil painting in Flanders.
		Gothic architecture is known for its gigantic size and height.
		Gothic sculpture was mostly used to decorate the doorways of cathedrals.
	www.sanford-artedventures.com /study/g_gothic.html (176 words)

	French Gothic Cathedrals
		Cathedrals from this time, such as Chartres and Amiens, stand as classic examples of the gothic style.
		The early gothic structure of Chartres was burned down in a fire of 1194, causing the majority of the cathedral to be rebuilt in the High Gothic style by 1220.
		The technological and structural marvels, with its rich and beautiful ornamentation, bring together the Early and High Gothic in a structure that crowns the age of the Gothic Cathedral.
	www.daisychurch.com /cathedral/high.html (807 words)

	The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral, University of California Press, Robert A. Scott
		It is no mistake that the Gothic ideal was born in an Abbey rather than a Cathedral; bishops had become increasingly involved in secular and political matters, while the monasteries remained closer to the common people and closer to the spiritual ideals of the church.
		Gothic cathedrals in comparison with the dimly lit Romanesque predecessors are flooded with light.
		According to Scott, the cathedrals provided the saints with a focal point of veneration, and the saints in return provided a steady income (from the pilgrims) for the buildings to be completed.
	allentech.net /techstore/item_0520231775.html (1746 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gothic Architecture
		One of the fundamental characteristics of Gothic is a sense of just proportion and a fine relationship of parts, combined with a passion for beauty of line, form, light and shade colour, and their relationships, not invariably achieved but always sought for with a consuming eagerness.
		Perhaps the nearest approach to true Gothic feeling and accomplishment is to be found in the unfinished front of Genoa cathedral; being of the twelfth century, it is sufficiently early to have received something of the first great Gothic impulse, and is a masterpiece of delicate relations and exquisite detail.
		Thus in the hour of political and economic misfortune, in the midst of the financial ruin and degradation of the Church, was born flamboyant architecture -- the last frail blossom of medieval genius.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06665b.htm (9954 words)

	St. Joseph Messenger: Architecture
		Gothic architecture made its debut in the cathedrals of France during the 12th century.
		The floorplan of the Gothic cathdral resembles the shape of a cross.
		Hundreds of Gothic cathedrals were built in Europe between the 12th and the 15th centuries--the Notre Dame Cathedrals of Paris and Chartres (at right), France are probably the most well-known.
	www.aquinas-multimedia.com /stjoseph/architecture.html (699 words)

	Medieval Cathedrals - History for Kids!
		Most famous medieval cathedrals are in Europe (where the Christians were), and they were built between about 1000 and 1600 AD.
		The earliest medieval cathedrals were built in the Romanesque style, and the later ones (beginning about 1100 AD) were built in the Gothic style.
		Cathedrals were where Christian people in medieval Europe went to pray to God, and also where they took communion and talked to their priests.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/medieval/architecture/cathedral.htm (428 words)

	The Gothic Cathedral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The chief new structural addition made by Gothic architects was to bring the primitive flying buttress of the Romanesque from under cover of the lean-to roof of the side aisles, and to raise it to meet the higher thrust of a higher nave vault and carry it to the ground.
		Thus what the Gothic Cathedral was from a structural point of view was skeletal framework of side-aisle wall buttresses, flying buttresses, clustered piers, and ribbing in perfect equilibrium, built to support the weight of and counterbalance and carry to the ground the thrusts of the stone vaults of the side aisles and the nave.
		Gothic architects then proceeded to remove all the flat wall surfaces and to substitute for them windows of colored glass.
	mars.acnet.wnec.edu /~grempel/courses/wc1/lectures/26cathedral.html (1550 words)

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		With the gothic cathedral all he needs is a screwdriver or burglar's jimmy to split its weak mortar joints.
		Since most parts of a gothic cathedral are braced against other parts to prevent their tipping over, if one part goes there is apt to be a chain reaction in which many parts fall over, quickly, one after another.
		We have been schooled to believe that the flying buttresses of Gothic cathedrals are artistic embellishments of the architecture.
	www.granius.com /gothic.htm (2603 words)

	Cathedral Architecture
		The mighty cathedral is a symbol of god, his power, and how much people respect him.
		We also have a cathedral in our very own Washington D. In this section of Architecture Through the Ages, we will be talking about how a cathedral is built and what is needed to build it.
		The reasons that the cathedrals had so many of these vaulted roofs is because the medieval builders thought that they helped reduce the risk of fire.
	library.thinkquest.org /10098/cathedrals.htm (1195 words)

	Gothic Art
		The word "Gothic" was first used by Giorgio Vasari, the art chronicler of the Renaissance, to describe architecture that did not conform to 16th Century ideas of classical Roman structures.
		Gothic architecture is characterized by the flying buttress, an external support that allowed for open interior space; the pointed arch whose height could be varied according to design; cross-wise ribbing which created a stronger roofing structure; and stained glass windows, made possible by the open spaces.
		The stained glass windows of the Gothic cathedrals may be their crowning glory, for it is the windows that let in the light and bathe the worshippers in glorious, jewel-toned lights.
	www.accd.edu /sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/goth1.htm (445 words)

	Earthlore Gothic Dreams Introduction - An Appreciation of the Gothic Style in Art & Architecture
		In the very birth place of Gothic spirit, a great number of fine churches were ravaged or completely demolished by the great grandchildren of their medieval builders.
		During the Gothic age communication of craft and style was limited by the physical travel of small guilds of craftsmen.
		hat the grand Gothic cathedrals of the Medieval period portray a manifestation of brilliant architectural skill, is self evident.
	elore.com /Gothic/introduction.htm (1674 words)

	Gothic (from furniture) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The Gothic alphabet had 27 letters, 19 or 20 of which were derived from Greek uncial script, 5 or 6 modified slightly from Latin, and 2 either borrowed from runic...
		In Gothic fiction the reader passes from the reasoned order of the everyday world into a dark region governed by supernatural beings, a region that inspires dread and horror, where decay abounds and death is always at hand.
		The slim, attenuated columns of Gothic cathedrals and the pointed arches, trefoils and quatrefoils (three- and four-lobed tracery), cusps and crockets (projecting ornaments), and elegant tracery patterns in windows and other decorations...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-201292 (856 words)

	Earthlore Gothic Dreams Content Directory - Cathedral Architecture
		On the other hand, there was much literature of the Middle Ages known and studied in the earlier part of the eighteenth century without any great effect upon the aims or sensibilities of practising men of letters.
		"Gothic Architecture has nothing to do with the Goths, but is a term of contempt bestowed by the architects of the Renaissance period on mediæval architecture, which they termed Gothic or clumsy, fit for barbarians."
		Earthlore's Rosarium Sophia, the Medieval Cathedral Project is a new approach to learning, an exploration through the history, craft and spiritual intent involved in the construction of Gothic structures.
	www.elore.com /Gothic/contents.htm (640 words)

	Gothic Architecture in England: The Cathedrals
		The technical revolution in architecture know as "Gothic" began at the end of the 12th century and lasted just over two hundred years.
		Often using local materials, Gothic architecture is generally tall and inspiring and was a significant structural improvement upon the Romanesque buildings that preceded it.
		The types of cathedrals built in England at a given time were thus representative of the political, social and economic situation there at the time of construction.
	members.tripod.com /gothic_architecture (158 words)

	Romanesque and Gothic Cathedrals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		More than any other art form, the great European cathedrals of the middle ages herald the triumph of a unique and vital western civilization unified in Christendom and feudalism.
		From beginning to end, in picture and text, MacAulay explains every detail of how a 13th century gothic cathedral was constructed - from the clearing of the land to the fitting of the stained glass windows and tower bells.
		This is a beautifully written book on the gothic cathedral as an expression of the spiritual worldview of medieval times.
	www.heartoglory.com /medieval/gothic-cathedrals.htm (721 words)

	WebMuseum: Gothic Painting (1280-1515) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Gothic style began with the architecture of the 12th century, at the height of the Middle Ages, when Europe was putting the memory of the ``Dark Ages'' behind it and moving into a radiant new era of prosperity and confidence.
		At the same time, Christianity was entering a new and triumphant phase of its history, and so the age of chivalry was also the time of the building of the magnificent Gothic cathedrals, such as those in the northern French towns of Chartres, Reims and Amiens.
		As a result, the end of the Gothic timeline overlaps with both the Italian and the Northern Renaissance timelines.
	www.ibiblio.org /wm/paint/tl/gothic (253 words)

	CSP-SOC26: bibliography (grouped)
		Forsyth, W.A. "The Structure of Salisbury Cathedral Tower and Spire," Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Volume LIII (1946): 85-97.
		Gothic Architecture in England; An Analysis of the Origin and Development of English Church Architecture from the Norman Conquest to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
		Cathedral and Crusade: Studies of the Medieval Church, 1050-1360.
	www.hpl.hp.com /personal/John_Wilkes/Sarum/CSP-SOC26/biblio-groups.html (2408 words)

	Digital Termpapers: Term Papers on Gothic Cathedrals
		The beauty and elegance of Gothic architecture is depicted most in the great cathedrals of the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries—St. Denis, Notre Dame, Chartres, Salisbury, Durham, Amiens, and more.
		These cathedrals were built with towering spires, pointed arches and flying buttresses giving impressions of harmony and luminosity.
		The delicate elegance of Gothic cathedrals is different from the “Heavy buttresses jutting out between the c...
	www.digitaltermpapers.com /a6039.htm (520 words)

	Medieval Art & Architecture: French Gothic
		Laon Cathedral: West front, central portal, detail "Coronation of the Virgin" tympanum and voussoirs, begun ca.
		Laon Cathedral: interior, nave elevation showing clerestory, triforum, gallery, and nave arcade levels, ca.
		Soissons Cathedral: interior, nave, view towards east, ca.
	arthist.cla.umn.edu /aict/html/medieval/march_fgoth.html (87 words)

	Amazon.com: The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals : A Study of Medieval Vault Erection: Books: John Fitchen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Since there are no contemporary accounts of the techniques used by medieval builders, Fitchen's study brilliantly pieces together clues from manuscript illuminations, from pictorial representations, and from the fabrics of the building themselves.
		Fitchen states that the stone ribs supporting the Gothic vaults conform to a curve called, in mathematics, a catenary.
		The main focus is on the construction and use of the centering (which is the formwork used to build arcs and vaults).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226252035?v=glance (1195 words)

	Gothic architecture and art -> Late Gothic Styles on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Going for Baroque: mid-18th century design is fast becoming in vogue again in art, design, and architecture.
		The choir and the ambulatory of Autun's cathedral (Gothic architecture).
		The gothic cathedral of Notre Dame, erected in the 13th century.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Gothicar_LateGothicStyles.asp (1143 words)

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