ARCH 3115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: French Gothic Architecture, Tracery, Rose Window
28 Oct 2016
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Timeline: romanesque, french gothic architecture, early gothic (1140-1194, high gothic (1194-1300, rayonnant (c. 1230-1350, flamboyant (c. 1375-16th centuries) N tre dame de chartres - chartres, france 1195-1250 ce a) 1- rose window framed by plate tracery above lancet windows b: labyrinth - a meditational walk inscribed in the nave. Labyrinth - a meditational walk inscribed in the nave. Bourges cathedral - bourges, france 1195-1255 a) b) c) N tre dame de reims - reims, france 1225-1299 ce a) Lecture notes page 2 b: bar tracery allows more complex designs. N tre dame de amiens - amiens, france begun 1220-88 ce a) b) Saint-pierre of beauvais - beauvais, france 1247, choir vault collapse 1284 a) b) 1- 158 feet to the vault and about three and a half times its span. c) The apse and choir were started in 1247, and finished in 1272.
