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Cathedral - Cities of God, style of Churches - Coggle Diagram
Cathedral - Cities of God
A New Style of Church Architecture
The church had a new spirit and access to more money from growing wealth of towns and trade
This helped with the building of churches in several European countries.
In the early 1100s a new style pf architecture was know and Gothic.
Comes from a germanic tribe named the goths
Gothic cathedrals thrust upward as if reaching toward heavan
Light goes through huge stained-glass windows
These were meant to inspire the worshiper with magnificence of god
Soon gothic cathedrals were built in many french towns
In paris the vaulted ceiling of the cathedral of notre dame rose more the 100 feet
Religion
These cathedrals where built high to be closer to heaven
Where did the term Gothic come from?
Most people worshiped in small churches by their houses
Cathedrals: where people worshiped in bigger towns.
viewed as the representation of the City of God
decorated w/ all the beauty and luxury that the christains could get
churches were built in the Romanesque style
semicircular arches for windows, doors, arcades
barrel or goin vaults to support roof
massive piers and walls
side aisles with galelries above
large tower over the crossing
https://www.britannica.com/art/Romanesque-architecture#:~:text=Romanesque%20churches%20characteristically%20incorporated%20semicircular,large%20tower%20over%20the%20crossing
Why do you think they chose this type of fancy architecture for their cathedrals?
Religion: They valued their god and where they worshiped it
style of Churches