The Birth of Gothic Architecture: A New Architecture for a New World
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The Birth of Gothic Architecture: A New Architecture for a New World
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Abbot Suger, St. Denis (near Paris) |
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Front Facade |
| The Thirteenth-Century Church of St. Denis | ||
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Vaulting over the Nave |
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Spread of Gothic
Architecture and of Universities from early twelfth to fifteenth centuries
More Examples of Northern French Gothic Architecture |
Notre Dame in Paris, Front Facade |
| View from the South |
| Amiens (France), View of the Cathedral | Buttresses |
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The Greek and Roman Architectural Style preceded Gothic in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. Gothic was the first new style since the ancient world. Do you want to see a Greek Temple? Go to Sicily! |
Segesta, Sicily |
Agrigento, Sicily |
Siena (Italy) |
Early Christian and Italian Medieval Churches were based on the Roman Basilica |
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| The unfinished "new nave" |
Euopean Urbanism
The Growth of Italian Cities
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Siena | |
| Palazzo Publico (City Hall) | Images of Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1319-1347) |
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| View of Medieval Tower in Siena | ||
The importance of Trade and
Ship Building for the Growth of Italian and Mediterranean Cities
Northern Cities
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Hanseatic League Cologne, Braunschweig, Hamburg, Lübeck, Augsburg, Nürnburg, Rostock |
