GOTHIC
The name ‘Gothic’
• From the Renaissance
• Begins in France in XIIth Century
• Almost all Europe
XII CenturyAGRICULTURAL
Technical improvements
MORE POPULATION CITIES
MORE POWER TO KINGS
FEUDALISMDECADENCE
The CITY is the center of CULTURE
BETTER ECONOMICAL CONDITIONS
NEW CLIENTSFOR
ART
NEWSOCIAL CLASSBOURGEOISIE
MORETIME FOR
CULTURE
CULTURALDEVELOPMENT
FIRSTUNIVERSITIES
CATHEDRALS
NATURALISM(Aristotle)
HUMANISM(S. Francesco of Asisi)
INFLUENCE
NEW IDEAS
• God is LIGHT.
• Human body is not a miserable recipient for the soul.
• From the Apocalypse to the Gospel and Virgin Mary.
New cathedrals
• LIGHT
• VERTICAL
New techinical solutions
POINTED ARCH ARCH
RIB VAULTEN EL INTERIOR
RIB VAULT
TRANSVERSE RIBS
RIB VAULT
DIAGONAL RIBS
RIB VAULTDIAGONAL RIBS
BOSS
SIXPARTITE VAULTBOVEDA DE TERCELETES
FAN VAULT
EACH RIB ENDS IN A PIER OR PILLASTER
THE MORE RIBS THE MORE PIERS
NO CAPITALS IN THE COLUMNS
YOU DON’T NEED THICK WALLS ANYMORE
WALLS DON’T SUPPORT
THEY COULD BUILDTALLER AND TALLER
BUILDINGS
INSTEAD OF WALLS THERE’S LIGHT
WINDOWS ARE BIGGER
GOD IS LIGHT
FLOOR PLAN
TRANSEPT
AMBULATORY
FLOOR PLAN
AMBULATORY
OUTSIDE
TALLER NAVES
NEED
NEW TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS
FLYING BUTTRESS
BUTTRESSES
ARE NOT FIXED TO THE WALLS
BUTTRESS
MAIN NAVE
FLYING BUTTRESSES
PINACLES
HELPS SUPPORTING THE BUTTRESSES WITH THEIR WEIGHT
AND GIVES A FEELING OF VERTICALITY
SPIRE
VERTICALITY AGAIN
GARGOYLES
GARGOYLES
THE GOTHIC PORTAL
THE GOTHIC PORTAL
GABLE
ROSE WINDOW