Architecture of Cathedrals

HAGIA SOPHIA

APSE MOSAICS,

CHURCH OF ST

APOLLINARE IN

RAVENA• DURIN RULE OF JUSTINIAN I

NORMAN CHURCH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENG

Santa Maria Assunta• Early

Romanesque• About 1008• Torcello, Italy

DURHAM CATHEDRAL

• High Romanesque• Begun 1093

GALILEE CHAPEL, DURHAM

CATHEDRAL

FONTENAY ABBEY

GOTHIC ARCHITECTUR

E:THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ARCHES, BUTTRESSES & GARGOYLES

Comparison of Arches

CHARTRES CATHEDRAL

NOTRE DAMEParis

FLYING BUTTRESS

• ALLOWED TALLER, MORE DELICATE-LOOKING BUILDINGS

VAULTED ARCHES

• USE OF SUCCESSIVE VAULTS

• DELICATE RIBS• COLLONADES ON

COLUMNS TO CREATE ILLUSION OF HEIGHT

RIBBED CEILING

• USED IN STRUCTURUAL DESIGN

• DELICATE APPEARANCE

RHEIMS CATHEDRAL

STAINED GLASS

GARGOYLES

• ACTED AS DRAIN SPOUTS

• WERE NOT EVIL• ALMOST ALWAYS

ANIMALS