GOTHIC CATHEDRAL
MADRIAGA, JARED MARC
Romanesque elements to produce a new style of
Cathedral floorplans are designed to provide for the liturgical
rites of the church. Before the legalization of Christianity by
Emperor Constantine, Christians worshiped in private homes
or in secretive locations. Once legally able to publicly worship,
however, Gothic architecture also abandoned one
the local congregations adapted the available Roman designs
to their needs. Unlike the Roman and Greek religions, where
priests performed rituals without public participation, Christian
worship involved the believers. Thus, the limited spaces
typically used in pagan temples were not suitable to Christian
worship. Roman civic buildings were designed for the
participation of the citizens of the city, and thus the Roman
Basilica was adopted for Christian purposes. This included an
entry on one end of a long narrow, covered space with a raised
dais at the other end. Upon the dais, public officials would hear
legal cases, or expound on some matter of public interest.
Christians adopted the long hall of the basilica for the public
liturgy of the Mass
Gothic architecture adopted and adapted these Evolving from a Romanesque style of architecture
characterized by semi-circular arches, Gothic
architecture showcases great height, light, and
building that featured exaggerated arches,
volume. Its signature elements—the ribbed vault,
increased vaulting, and enlarged windows. In
flying buttresses, and pointed arch—are evident in
addition to reinterpreting these characteristics,
some of the most spectacular buildings around
Europe like that of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris,
key feature of Romanesque architecture: thick France. Gothic architecture is a European style of
walls. To construct taller, more delicate buildings masonry that values height, intricacy, sizable
with thinner walls, Gothic architects employed windows, and exaggerated arches. In the 12th
flying buttresses for support. These stone century, advancements in engineering allowed for
structures allowed architects to create sky-high increasingly colossal buildings, and the style’s
cathedrals and churches that evoked ethereality signature vaulting, buttresses, and pointed building
and reached toward the heavens. tops paved way for taller structures that still
retained natural light.
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