Buildings Most buildings were churches or cathedrals Some

Buildings • Most buildings were churches or cathedrals • Some castles were built, but were far outnumbered by churches • Other buildings built in the middle ages include palaces, universities, town halls, guild halls, and occasionally private homes

Romanesque Style • First style of architecture after Roman empire collapsed • Combined Byzantine and Western Roman buildings • Started around the year 500 • Had thick walls and large towers • Had many arches in the buildings that were semicircular rather than pointed • Roofs were arched and semicircular and called Barrel or Tunnel vaults

Romanesque

Gothic Style • Evolved from the Romanesque style of architecture • Started around year 1100 • Had many towers, wider windows, pointed arches, rib vaults and flying buttresses • Very tall buildings • Rib Vaults are several Barrel Vaults intersecting

Gothic

Romanesque Cathedral Architectural Style Á Rounded Arches. Á Barrel vaults. Á Thick walls. Á Darker, simplistic interiors. Á Small windows, usually at the top of the wall.

Romanesque Floor Plans

St. Filibert, France, 10 c

Interior of a Romanesque Cathedral

The Gothic Cathedral

Gothic Floor Plans

Canterbury Cathedral, England

Gothic Cathedral Architectural Style c. Á Began in France in the 12 Á Pointed arches. Á Flying buttresses. Á Stained glass windows. Á Elaborate, ornate interior. Á Taller, more airy lots of light. Á Lavish sculpture larger-than-life.

Interior of a Gothic Cathedral

Interior of a Gothic Cathedral

St. Etienne, Bourges, “Flying” Buttresses late 12 c

Flying Buttress

Gothic “Filigree” Closeups

Chartres Cathedral, Paris Jamb Figures Royal Portal The “Pillar People”

Cathedral Gargoyles

Stained Glass Windows Á For the glory of God. Á For religious instructions.

Notre Dame Cathedral

Rose Window Chartres Cathedral, Paris The good, of course, is always beautiful, and the beautiful never lacks proportion. Plato ---

“Rose” Windows of Various Kinds Original Design Labyrinth, 1200 Buddhist Mandala

Chartres Cathedral Plan for all Rose Windows

Which Interior Is Which?

Which Vault Is Which?

Which Cathedral Style Is Which?

Cathedral of Mont-Saint Michel: A Fortress & A Church

Main Parts of a Medieval Castle

Chauvigny Castle, France, 11 c

Spanish Castle, 14 c

Late Medieval Church Art Chalice, paten, and straw, mid-13 c Relinquary, late 12 c

Medieval Tapestries from the Workshops in Flanders The Lady & the Unicorns, 1511

Illuminated Manuscripts

Illuminated Manuscripts

Printed Psaltar Gregorian Chant

Medieval Embroidery c The Bayeux Tapestry, 11

Late Medieval Art Á St. Francis’ Rule Approved Á Giotto Á 1288 -92? Á Tempera on wood and ground gold.

Medieval Religious Themes Á The Epiphany Á Giotto Á 1320 Á Tempera on wood and ground gold.

The Crucifixion Á Giotto Á 1305 Á Tempera on wood and ground gold.

Á The Lamentation Á Giotto, 1302 Á Tempera on wood and ground gold.