AHIS BC 1001x Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Groin Vault, Gothic Architecture, Rose Window
7 Dec 2016
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Saint denis, west facade, gothic, c. 1137-1140. Able to open up walls because the walls down have to do that much lifting. Allows for stain glass windows and pretty lighting. Notre-dame, paris: west facade, gothic, early 1200s. Coming off the side of the nave are flying buttresses. Gothic church elements (point arched, ribbed groined vaulting and flying buttresses) Five aisled basilica (two side aisles-nave-two more side aisles) Take weight of ceiling out of main wall and shunt it to the side (cascade of forces that put weight into ground) Chartres: west facade, gothic, begun in c. 1134. Two towers were made at different times. X shapes show what is happening on the ceiling (what type of vaulting) Back to a three story nave elevation. Four story nave elevation (early gothic church) Then the gallery level is eliminated in later churches. Gallery level is eliminated- three story nave elevation. Reims: west facade, gothic, 1211-1260 with later additions.
