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    The document summarizes Gothic architecture between the 12th and 16th centuries. Some key features include pointed arches, flying buttresses, rib vaults, stained glass windows, and an emphasis on vertical lines. Examples of Gothic architecture mentioned are Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Chartres Cathedral in France, Milan Cathedral in Italy, Westminster Abbey in London, and San Sebastian Church in Manila.

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    CH IT E C T U R E

    G O TH I C A R

    GERON, GILMAR BALLESTEROS, ERICA MAE


    BINALAY, EVIE CLAIRE RAMOS, RANDA MAE
    AR JAY
    GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE 12 TH
    CENTURY – 16TH CENTURY

    • began in France
    • end of the 12th Century it
    reached England and later
    on the rest of Europe.
    • inspired from Romanesque
    architecture and Spanish
    Moorish architecture.
    • final era of Medieval Period
    CHARACTERISTICS
    • pointed arches
    • flying buttresses
    • rib vaults
    • focus on verticality
    • airy and bright
    • large stained glass
    windows
    • ornaments and pinnacles
    POINTED ARCHES

    • one important innovation


    • From cylindrical vault of
    Roman architecture
    • used on Earlier
    Romanesque
    POINTED ARCHES
    RIBBED VAULTS
    • “Ribs” were the extra
    support in the vaults
    • Used columns to support
    the weight
    • The ribs also delineated the
    vaults and gave a sense of
    unity to the structure.
    RIBBED VAULTS
    RIBBED VAULTS
    FLYING BUTTRESSES

    • also known as
    kongfuduo
    • attached to the outside
    walls
    • extra support to the roof
    and the thinner walls
    FLYING BUTTRESSES
    VERTICALITY
    STAINED GLASS
    WINDOWS
    STAINED GLASS
    WINDOWS
    • Created the effect of
    lightness and space
    • two main colors, blue and
    red.
    • creates a mysterious but
    brilliant scene
    GARGOYLES

    • not merely Decorative


    • they were waterspouts
    • guardians and use to
    scare people
    GARGOYLES
    PINNACLES
    • Pinnacles decorate the tips
    of buttresses with a spire.
    EXAMPLES OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
    Cathedral
    Abbey
    Castle
    Town Halls
    Guild Halls
    Palace
    CATHEDRAL Notre Dame Cathedral
    • 1163-1345
    • Paris, Ile-de-France,
    France
    • one of the world's most
    famous gothic cathedrals
    • Notre-dame was added to
    the Unesco world heritage
    list in 1991.
    CATHEDRAL Notre Dame Cathedral
    CATHEDRAL Notre Dame Cathedral
    CATHEDRAL Notre Dame Cathedral
    CATHEDRAL Notre Dame Cathedral
    CATHEDRAL Chartres

    Chartres is one of the most


    famous cathedrals in France,
    and is widely praised for its
    sculpture, stained glass
    windows, and high gothic
    style.
    CATHEDRAL Chartres

    Nave in four tiers, with


    clerestories and triforium
    under sexpartite vaulting
    CATHEDRAL Milan Cathedral

    • The biggest and greatest


    late gothic architecture in
    Italy.
    • 1386-1577, west front
    1616-1813
    CATHEDRAL Milan Cathedral

    The Cathedral in 1856.

    The cathedral as it appeared in


    1745
    CATHEDRAL Milan Cathedral
    ABBEY

    • Catholic monastery or
    convent who serves as
    the spiritual father or
    mother of the community.
    ABBEY West Minster Abbey

    • Located in LONDON.
    • One of the world's most
    famous examples of
    Medieval Gothic
    architecture
    ABBEY West Minster Abbey
    ABBEY West Minster Abbey
    CASTLE

    • consider it to be the
    private fortified residence
    of a lord or noble
    TOWN HALLS

    • chief administrative
    building of a city town or
    other municipality
    GUILD HALLS

    • a meeting place for guilds


    • an association of
    craftsmen in a particular
    trade
    PALACE
    • a grand residence, especially a
    royal residence or the home of
    a head of state or some other
    high-ranking dignitary, such as
    a bishop or archbishop
    • In many parts of Europe, the
    term is also applied to
    ambitious private mansions of
    the aristocracy.
    PHILIPPINE GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
    San Sebastian Church
    • All-steel temple of God
    • Already 126 years old
    • Inside the vicinity of Manila
    San Sebastian Church
    San Sebastian Church
    San Sebastian Church
    San Sebastian Church

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