Gothic Architecture: A
New Architecture for a New Church
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| Saint Denis, Chartres, Paris, Siena, Italian Cities |
Gothic Architecture: A
New Architecture for a New Church
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| Saint Denis, Chartres, Paris, Siena, Italian Cities |
Abbot Suger, St. Denis (near Paris) |
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Front Facade |
| The Thirteenth-Century Church of St. Denis | ||
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The Greek and Roman Architectural Style preceded Gothic in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. Gothic was the first new style since the ancient world. Do you want to see a Greek Temple? Go to Sicily! |
Segesta, Sicily |
 Agrigento,
Sicily |
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Vaulting over the Nave |
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Spread of Gothic
Architecture and of Universities from early twelfth to fifteenth centuries
Another Example of Northern French Gothic Architecture: Notre Dame, Paris |
Notre Dame in Paris, Front Facade | |
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View from the South | |
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Early Christian and Italian Medieval Churches were based on the Roman Basilica |
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| European Urbanism (A major theme for the rest of the semester) Centers of Power 1000-1500 The walled city and its towers |
Carcassonne and its walls at night |
The Growth of Italian Cities
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Siena | The Secular and Spiritual Center of the City
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| Palazzo Publico (City Hall) | Images of Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1319-1347) |
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| View of Medieval Tower in Siena | ||
The importance of Trade and
Ship Building for the Growth of Italian and Mediterranean Cities
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Hanseatic League Cologne, Braunschweig, Hamburg, Lübeck, Augsburg, Nürnburg, Rostock |
