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2 Church of St. Etienne Caen, France Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury, England

3  “Descended from Roman”  Emerged around 1000 and lasted until roughly 1150  Characteristics:  Massive, thick walls  Grounded, Earthly appearance  Round arches  Barrel vaults  Large towers  Small windows

4 Church of St. Sernin Toulouse, France

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9  “Gothic” is a Renaissance invention to insult the style.  Gothic originally termed “French Style”  Style of the High Middle Ages in Northern Europe.  Characteristics:  Flying buttresses  Vertical emphasis  Pointed arches ( ogival )  Ribbed vaults  Large windows/Light  Stained glass windows

10  1085 – 1151 Redesigned Church of Saint-Denis in Paris  First Gothic structure  King of France proclaimed that this would be the model for future churches

11  Technical innovation: glass walls  Light: analogy to God’s spiritual being  Created Gothic framework of soaring lines; metaphor for God’s world.

12 Cathedral of Orvieto, Italy

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14 Pisa Cathedral Pisa, Italy

15 Cathedral of Notre Dame Paris, France

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21  Chartres surpassed all others: perfection of design, stained glass and sculpture.  Relic: Mary’s tunic  Floor plan: basic Latin Cross but with broader portals on north and south  Still has the all of its original glass

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26 Duomo Milan, Italy


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