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Clipart images of numerous examples of gothic architecture, from full churches and buildings to structural details.
Gothic architecture in England
Gothic architecture in England, from the Norman, to the Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular Gothic styles. What to see.
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The west door of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France is a fine example of Early Gothic architecture (begun 1160).
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Gothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture.
Gothic architecture - a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; ...
Gothic architecture has always been seen as symbolism for a dark, mysterious and deeply religious era in time, with the powerful meaning of its cathedrals still rising out of modern day villages and communities.
Gothic Architecture Glossaries Organized by Theme
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Gothic Churches and Cathedrals: ...
Gothic architecture is not merely about ornamentation. The Gothic style brought innovative new construction techniques that allowed churches and other buildings to reach great heights.
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The term Gothic was first used during the later Renaissance, and as a term of contempt.
Gothic Arch
A vertically pointed arch used in windows, entryways and numerous other decorative motifs.
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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE A style of architecture that was prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 until 1550. In England, Gothic is normally divided into three succeeding phases - Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular.
Gothic arch
A pointed arch, especially one having two centers and equal radii.
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Groin
One of the curved lines or edges along which two intersecting vaults meet.
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At the beginning of the 12th century, the Romanesque idiom was gradually replaced by Gothic style.
Gothic Arch
The Gothic period in Europe extended from 1200 through 1600 in many areas. The style was characterized by the lancet arch as well as many other arch types. Each country has a different defining Gothic arch style.
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Gothic architecture developed in Europe during the medieval period, from about 500 CE to 1500 CE.
In Gothic architecture, leafy hooks or knobs, as on a crocket capital. Crocketing (rows of crockets) decorates the edges of pinnacles, canopies, etc.
in Gothic architecture, part of the nave wall above the arcade and below the clerestory.
Triglyph
in a Doric frieze, the rectangular area between the metopes, decorated with three vertical grooves (glyphs).
Gothic arches, also called pointed arches, are narrow and pointed at the top. They were seen during the Gothic period in Europe from about middle 12th century to the 16th century.
Leaf in Gothic architecture.
foliate capital
A capital decorated with foliage elements. See also column, pier, capital ...
An English Gothic architectural style, dating from c. 1335 to c.1530. Chiefly applied to churches and characterised by fine window tracery, flattened arches and sweeping verticals that lead the eye upwards.
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First phase of Gothic architecture dominant after Norman, characterised by the earliest pointed arches and simple lancet windows c1190-1250.
Estoile
A star, usually of six wavy points. Where there are more they are alternately straight and wavy.
The ribbed vault is composed of diagonally arched ribs and can be classified as tri-partite, quatri-partite (fig.5, D), or sexpartite. Sexpartite vaults have an additional transversal rib in the center of the bay (see Gothic architecture).
In France, late Gothic architecture is known as flamboyant, from the flamelike forms of its intricate curvilinear tracery. The ebullient ornamentation of the flamboyant style was largely reserved for the exteriors of the churches.
- Gothic architecture never died, but it was only from the early 1800s that it began to re-emerge in a serious fashion.
QUATREFOIL, in Gothic architecture, the piercing of tracery in a window or balustrade with small semicircular openings known as "foils"; the intersection of these foils is termed the cusp.
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A style of English Gothic architecture between c.1350-1550
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foil -"leaf" in Gothic architecture.
gingerbread - a word to describe any kind of decoration on a home found in such places as the gables, vergeboards, porches, eaves, and around windows or doors.
Ballflower: A globular motif often used in concave moldings of English Gothic architecture. It looks like a flower with three (or sometimes four) petals nearly closed over a central ball.
The aesthetic qualities of Gothic architecture depend on a structural development: the ribbed vault (see Arch and Vault). Medieval churches had solid stone vaults (the structure that supports the ceiling or roof).
pointed/gothic arched windows, doors, porches
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chamfered porch supports
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The Gothic revival style was influenced from medieval Gothic architecture. Early in the period, Gothic Revival houses were constructed of stone and brick imitating the castles and magnificent cathedrals of Europe.
Style of Gothic architecture which came into being at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th centuries.
Flying Buttress: The Flying Buttress was an innovative feature of Medieval Gothic architecture.
The picturesque and pointed forms of the Gothic Revival style were derived from medieval Gothic architecture. This style was first used in Vermont in the mid 1820s for churches.
The Only Proper Style: Gothic Architecture in America. Boston: New Graphic Society, 1975.
Lewis, Michael J. The Gothic Revival. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2002.
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arch - the pointed arch is widely regarded as the main identifiable feature of Gothic architecture (distinct from the round arch of the Romanesque period). The most common Gothic arches are the Lancet, Equilateral and Ogee.
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The earliest style of Gothic architecture in England, common from c.1180-c.1250.
Ogive
The pointed arch used in Gothic architecture.
Order
A term applied to the three styles of Greek columns and entablatures (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian) and to the Roman Composite and Tuscan orders, developed from then original three orders.
Archivolt - One of a series of concentric moldings on a Gothic arch.
Bay - A spatial division down the length of the building which divides it into sections from the floor to the roof. The pier marks the division between each bay.
Historical division of English Gothic Architecture covering the period from about 1190 to 1250.
Epitaph.
(Literally -on a tomb) Inscription on a tomb or attached plate (eg. -Cartouche) ...
tracery - The ornamental work decorating Gothic arched windows
transom window - The horizontal window pane(s) above a door
turret - A small, slender tower often located at the corner of a building or porch ...
Archivolt - Onee of a series of concentric moldings on a Romanesque or a Gothic arch.
Area wall - The retaining wall surrounding a basement window which is below ground level.
Areaway - The excavated area between the Area wall and the basement window.
Of or relating to a style of English Gothic architecture of the 14th and 15th centuries, characterized by emphasis of the vertical element.
Drop tracery - A border of pendant tracery on the Soffit of a Gothic arch
Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitoria, Batalha, Leira, Portugal
Drops - English term for Guttae.
perpendicular : Of or relating to a style of English Gothic architecture of the 14th and 15th centuries, characterized by emphasis of the vertical element.
pier : A large pillar used to support a roof.
LANCETa sharply pointed Gothic arch or window
LINTELhorizontal support at top of door or window ...
trefoil A three-lobed decorative form used in Gothic architecture
tuck-pointing See pointing.
turret A small tower, usually supported by corbels.
stereotomy: the art of cutting and dressing stone to fit vaults, especially in Gothic architecture.
stiff-leaf: stylised foliage decoration, usually of long leaves with the tops curling outwards.
stoa: a covered colonnade.
Pendant - a decorative piece (made of masonry or turned wood) suspended from a roof or vergeboard: used especially in Gothic architecture.
Pergola - Covered walk in a garden.
Plinth - The square that comes below the base of a column.
Gothic window above entry, one-story porch with flattened, Gothic arches. The first appearance of picturesque (asymmetrical and unpredictable) floor plans, indicating the rise of the Romantic Era in America.
A structural support in the form of a pier or large column that has several engaged shafts or pilasters that are attached to it on one or all sides. It is especially characteristic of Gothic architecture. Also known as a compound pier.
The arches are of a two-centred type used in Gothic architecture in Europe during the fourteenth century.
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