FSN 123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Chartres Cathedral, Flying Buttress, Tracery
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The gothic style dominated much of european art and architecture for 400 years. Gradually replace the romanesque style, marked mainly by architecture. The growth of art is still church-based, around the decoration of the church. Masons at work, detail from an illuminated manuscript. The term gothic was introduced in the 16th century by the italian artist and historian giorgio vasari. Many aspects to the gothic it has stylistic, constructional tectonic, political, religious, social meanings. Parliament hill, ottawa, in a 1901 postcard (original buildings completed in 1863 and rebuilt after the 1916 fire. Gothic style was seem as native english style. The association with nature, gothic architecture is something that represent nature forms in stone. It has the characteristic of being built over a long period of time. Combination of romanesque (tower) and later gothic form. Cathedral a center of learning the heart of knowledge and spiritual combined.
