architecture of cathedrals. hagia sophia apse mosaics, church of st apollinar e in ravena durin rule...
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Architecture of Cathedrals
HAGIA SOPHIA
APSE MOSAICS,
CHURCH OF ST
APOLLINARE IN
RAVENA• DURIN RULE OF JUSTINIAN I
NORMAN CHURCH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENG
Santa Maria Assunta• Early
Romanesque• About 1008• Torcello, Italy
DURHAM CATHEDRAL
• High Romanesque• Begun 1093
GALILEE CHAPEL, DURHAM
CATHEDRAL
FONTENAY ABBEY
GOTHIC ARCHITECTUR
E:THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ARCHES, BUTTRESSES & GARGOYLES
Comparison of Arches
CHARTRES CATHEDRAL
NOTRE DAMEParis
FLYING BUTTRESS
• ALLOWED TALLER, MORE DELICATE-LOOKING BUILDINGS
VAULTED ARCHES
• USE OF SUCCESSIVE VAULTS
• DELICATE RIBS• COLLONADES ON
COLUMNS TO CREATE ILLUSION OF HEIGHT
RIBBED CEILING
• USED IN STRUCTURUAL DESIGN
• DELICATE APPEARANCE
RHEIMS CATHEDRAL
STAINED GLASS
GARGOYLES
• ACTED AS DRAIN SPOUTS
• WERE NOT EVIL• ALMOST ALWAYS
ANIMALS
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