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Medieval architecture progressed through three main styles - Pre-Romanesque, Romanesque, and Gothic. Pre-Romanesque architecture originated in the late 8th century and was characterized by semi-circular arches and robust structures. Romanesque style from the 10th-13th centuries featured thick walls, symmetry, round arches and semicircular protrusions. Gothic architecture, which emerged in the late 12th century, used flying buttresses, stained glass windows, and pointed arches.

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Group 6 - Medieval Architecture PDF

Medieval architecture progressed through three main styles - Pre-Romanesque, Romanesque, and Gothic. Pre-Romanesque architecture originated in the late 8th century and was characterized by semi-circular arches and robust structures. Romanesque style from the 10th-13th centuries featured thick walls, symmetry, round arches and semicircular protrusions. Gothic architecture, which emerged in the late 12th century, used flying buttresses, stained glass windows, and pointed arches.

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Medieval

Architecture
Alvarez, Halili,Jenkins, Manalang,
Ramos
Medieval
Architecture
Medieval architecture featured
various styles from Romanesque and
Gothic styles of architecture. Gothic
style medieval architecture
characteristics included stained-glass
windows, the use of flying buttresses,
tall spires, gargoyles, turrets and
arches that were pointed instead of
being round.
Within the medieval time period,
humanity went through at least three
distinct architectural styles:

Pre-Romanesque

Romanesque

Gothic
Pre-romanesque

Pre- Romanesque architecture is thought


to have originated with the Carolingian
Renaissance in the late 8th century. The
Romanesque period (10th – early 13th
century) is characterized by semi-circular
arches , robust appearance, small paired
windows, and groin vaults .
Characteristics

semi-circular arches
robust appearance
small paired windows
groin vaults
Palatine Chapel,
Aachen
Constructed on the site of an
earlier, smaller house of worship
dating from the 780s and 790s,
the Palatine Chapel was
consecrated in 805 to serve as
the imperial church. It was
designed by Odo of Metz, who
modeled it after the Byzantine-
style church of San Vitale
(consecrated 547) in Ravenna,
Italy.
Santa María del Naranco

The church has a gable roof and a


stone plinth that raises it above
ground level. It measures 20 m x
6 m x 11 m, making it
distinctively narrow and tall.
Romanesque
is an architectural styleof medieval
Europe characterized by semi-circular
arches. There is no consensus for the
beginning date of the Romanesque style,
with proposals ranging from the 6th to
the 11th century, this later date being the
most commonly held. In the 12th century
it developed into the Gothic style,
marked by pointed arches.
Characteristics:
Thick Walls
Symmetry
Large Towers
Round Arches
Semicircular
Protrusions
Groin Vaults
Maria Laach Abbey: Andernach,
Germany
Maria Laach Abbey is a perfect example of
medieval architecture, which is regarded a
classic example of the architectural style. It
features many towers, a vast arcaded gallery,
and the style's signature rhythmic decorative
arches. The Paradise, a colonnaded porch that
surrounds a tiny courtyard, is particularly
lovely. It has a lot of human and mythical
features engraved into it. In 1093, the Abbey
was formed as a priory of the Affligem Abbey.
In the 13th century, the structures rose in size.
As part of the Benedictine Confederation, it is
still in use today.
Reims Cathedral: Reims, France

The gorgeous Reims Cathedral (pronounced


rahnse) is famed for being the Cathedral where
French kings customarily held their coronations,
and it's only an hour's train ride from Paris. The
great grandeur of the facade is ideal for such pomp
and ceremony. Over the rose window, the Gallery
of Kings, which has statues of all of France's kings,
stands in the center of the front facade. The two
bell towers that rise above the main edifice of the
cathedral are among the cathedral's many classic
Gothic architectural characteristics, which include
massive rose windows, three beautiful archways
with statues, and the cathedral's two bell towers.
Every year, it attracts over a million tourists.
Gothic
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IS AN
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THAT WAS
POPULAR IN EUROPE FROM THE
LATE 12TH TO THE 16TH CENTURY,
DURING THE HIGH AND LATE
MIDDLE AGES, SURVIVING INTO THE
17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES IN SOME
AREAS. IT EVOLVED FROM
ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE AND
WAS SUCCEEDED BY RENAISSANCE
ARCHITECTURE.
Flying Buttress
The flying buttress (arc-boutant, arch
buttress) is a specific form of
buttress composed of an arch that
extends from the upper portion of a
wall to a pier of great mass, in order
to convey to the ground the lateral
forces that push a wall outwards,
which are forces that arise from
vaulted ceilings of stone and from
wind-loading on roofs.
Gargoyles
a gargoyle is a carved or formed
grotesque with a spout designed to
convey water from a roof and away
from the side of a building, thereby
preventing rainwater from running
down masonry walls and eroding the
mortar between.

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