ESP 1101 Lecture Notes - Flying Buttress, Cantigas De Santa Maria, Cathedral Quartet

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Spanish
• Course: ESP 1101
• Professor: Jos� Mar�a Ruano De La Haza

Document Summary

I see myself dwelling in some strange region of the universe that exists entirely neither in the slime of the earth nor in the purity of heaven. By the grace of god, i can be transported from this inferior to that higher world in an anagogical manner. Cathedrals, a source of pride and prestige for medieval towns. Balance (or tension) between two powerful drives: upwards and eastwards. In the articulation of its parts, the arrangements of the material church resembles that of the human body (bishop of chartres) Also, a microcosm of the universe in stone. Classic gothic principles of staggered elevation from aisle to nave. The pointed arch struck that note of fantasy which was what the min of the age required john. Cathedral of l on: flying buttresses, like a gigantic exoskeleton. Contrast between an interior all spirit and an exterior all intellect (pevsner) The spire is the supreme expression of the heavenward urge (pevsner)