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The Vocabulary of Late Gothic Style
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Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England, 1089-1499
I. Context for Late Gothic architecture in Europe ( ) Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England, west end (façade) east end
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Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England, 1089-1499
I. Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England, view west from choir to nave interior of choir
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I. A. Nationalism on the rise, especially in England (100 Years’ War), and flourishing regional schools Hundred Years’ War ( ) coincides with rise of the Perpendicular Style
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Choir of Wells Cathedral, England, 1310
I. C. Immanent evolutionary processes: late phases are aesthetically more complex Choir of Wells Cathedral, England, 1310 Brunswick Cathedral, Germany, 1469
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Gloucester Cathedral today begun in Romanesque after Norman Invasion
II. English tradition: English heterogeneity in architecture A. What aspects of Gloucester Cathedral are typical of Christian architecture in England? 6. Gloucester Cathedral today begun in Romanesque after Norman Invasion Gloucester as an Anglo-Saxon monastery reconstruction
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7. Romanesque (Norman) Early English Gothic Late English Gothic
II. A. 7. Romanesque (Norman) Early English Gothic Late English Gothic Salisbury Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral Durham Cathedral
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Gloucester Cathedral – Romanesque (Norman) beginnings
II. B. What architectural characteristic of the nave of Gloucester Cathedral are Romanesque and which Gothic? Gloucester Cathedral – Romanesque (Norman) beginnings Romanesque (Norman) nave Romanesque (Norman) Gloucester (still remains under Gothic additions
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Gloucester Cathedral – Romanesque (Norman) beginnings
II. B. Gloucester Cathedral – Romanesque (Norman) beginnings Romanesque (Norman) nave
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Romanesque nave elevation Romanesque Durham Cathedral
II. B. 1. Romanesque sophistication: how Romanesque is the nave elevation ( )? Gloucester Cathedral Romanesque nave elevation Romanesque Durham Cathedral
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Early English Gothic nave Early English Gothic vault
II. B. Gothic Structure – What French Gothic structural expedients are present in Gloucester’s early English Gothic nave vault and which are not? 8. Early English Gothic nave Early English Gothic vault Salisbury Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral
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Gloucester Cathedral – nave nave seen from cloister
II. B. Gloucester Cathedral – nave Romanesque nave elevation w/ Gothic vaults added nave seen from cloister
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III. Late Gothic style: the birth of a unique Gothic aesthetic in Gloucester’s east half (transept + choir): the English Perpendicular style Gloucester Cathedral
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Gloucester Cathedral choir
III. A. Origins: What are characteristics of the Perpendicular style and what are the roots in the laicization in Late Gothic style? 1. mullions Gloucester Cathedral choir
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Eleanor crosses (microarchitecture) Gloucester Cathedral choir
III. B. 2. repeated outlines of canopied niches Eleanor crosses (microarchitecture) Gloucester Cathedral choir
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Gloucester Cathedral choir
III. A. 3. liernes (short decorative ribs) Gloucester Cathedral choir tunnel vault with mesh of dense ribs
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Gloucester Cathedral - Choir
III. B. Aesthetic effects: How does the articulation of interiors in Perpendicular architecture subordinate detail to overall effect? Gloucester Cathedral - Choir
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Gloucester Cathedral – choir vault
III. B. Gloucester Cathedral – choir vault
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Gloucester Cathedral – Lady Chapel
III. B. 1. How does the more flattened four-center arch help maintain perpendicularity? Gloucester Cathedral – Lady Chapel
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Gloucester Cathedral choir
III. B. 2. Where is Gothic verticality finally released? Gloucester Cathedral choir
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Gloucester Cathedral Cloister, 1351-64
III. B. 3. Fan vaults - How does their design help achieve unity between walls, windows, & vaulted ceiling? Gloucester Cathedral Cloister,
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Gloucester Cathedral cloister
III. B. 3. Gloucester Cathedral cloister
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Gloucester Cathedral – fan vaults in cloister
III. B. 3. Gloucester Cathedral – fan vaults in cloister
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Rose window, Reims Cathedral, France
IV. Theory: How can Perpendicular Gothic be reconciled with the theological speculation about the spiritual significance of light (Gothic theory)? Rose window, Reims Cathedral, France Gloucester Cathedral cloister fan vaults
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Gloucester Cathedral choir
IV. Gloucester Cathedral choir
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