gothic church
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Gothic church. Origins. The gothic style was introduced by Cistercians into England from Burgundy Gothic buildings features: 1- tall pointed arches 2-tall narrow windows 3- tall columns. The main elements of a Gothic church are :. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Gothic church
Origins● The gothic style was
introduced by Cistercians into England from Burgundy
● Gothic buildings features:
● 1- tall pointed arches● 2-tall narrow windows● 3- tall columns
The main elements of a Gothic church are :● A cruciform plan with a nave longer than the other three
arms● A nave and other arms built to the basilican scheme, with
side aisles and a higher and wider central vessel receiving direct lighting from a clearstorey
● A middle storey between the clearstorey and the arcades separating central vessel from aisles
● Masonry vaulting over the aisles and central vessel● One or more towers integrated into the main body of the
church
Masonry vaulting
Cruciform plan
Gothic architecture can be divided in three main periods:
● Early English Style (13° century) : main characteristics are tall narrow pointed windows without decorative stonework and thick walls
● Decorated style (first half of 14° century) : its main feature was the ornamental stone carving around windows and doors.
● Perpendicular style (second half of 14° and 15° century): it was marked by large windows, vertical lines and ceiling patterns in stone called fan vaulting
The most famous cathedral in England are:
● York
● Canterbury
History of town planning
As agriculture replaced a nomadic existence, permanent human settlements began to appear . These early cities became centres for trade, defence and politics and also centres for distributing the agricultural surplus that a settled farming society produces .
Ur (modern Iraq) and some city in the Indus valley are the first examples of planned city in history. They had streets in a grid pattern divided into: commercial boulevards and alleyways. Streets had: drainage, large granaries, urban sanitation.
The greek Hippodamus is considered the father of city planning in the west for his design of Miletus.
The Romans used a consolidated scheme for city planning developed for military defense and civil convenience.
The basic plan was a central plaza surrounded by a grid of streets and defense walls.
Two diagonal streets cross the square and all the streets were at right angles in a square grid.
Each square was marked by for roads called insulae (a city block).
Scheme for military defense
In early middle ages cities were built on hills and surrounded by a wall
In early Renaissance in Florence the ideal city had a star-shaped plan: radial streets extended from the centre of military communal and spiritual power.
● Only numbers:
● Nardini Simone● Lascialfari Alessio● Mei Ismaele● Margheri Francesco