Part I of my initial visit to stunning Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.
Places to See: Sainte Chapelle
November 3, 2014 By
Travelling to Paris ? Add this beautiful thirteenth century Capetian chapel to your MUST-SEE list for your next visit!
The cultural identity of medieval Silesia: the case of art and architecture
August 11, 2014 By
The cultural identity of architecture and visual arts of the Middle Ages in Silesia can be analyzed in the following frameworks: 1.) the distinct formal features of local artwork; 2.) the specific content expressed through it. Macro factors (the type of materials and their availability) are important in architecture, as are architectural patterns and styles.
Comforting sentences from the warming room at Inchcolm abbey
February 3, 2014 By
Inchcolm abbey has the best-preserved medieval conventual buildings
in Scotland.
Florence Cathedral: The Design Stage
January 25, 2014 By
No list of the outstanding Gothic monuments of Europe could fail to include the Cathedral of Florence, yet its place in medieval architecture remains anomalous. Anomalous above all is its unprecedented design, which integrates a rib-vaulted basilica, a domed octagon, and a triconch of fifteen extruded chapels.
Gothic Architecture and the Civilizing Process: The Great Hall in Thirteenth Century England
August 15, 2013 By
Gothic Architecture and the Civilizing Process: The Great Hall in Thirteenth Century England By Matthew Reeve New Approaches to Medieval Architecture, eds. Abby McGehee, Rob Bork, and William Clark (Aldershot and New York: Ashgate, 2011) Introduction: Historians of medieval art no longer need to preface studies of secular architecture with an apology. Secular architecture, which […]
The Transmission of Medieval Mathematics and the Origins of Gothic Architecture
August 14, 2013 By
Mathematics and art history, two seemingly separate fields, ultimately relate to and complement one another through the medium of architecture.
The Development of Stained Glass in Gothic Cathedrals
April 28, 2013 By
In this research paper, I will be primarily focusing on the stained glass windows and architectural styles employed in five gothic buildings in France, each having their own unique and notable attributes pertaining to the development of stained glass windows.
Some Notes on Gothic Building Processes: the Expertises of Segovia Cathedral
October 28, 2012 By
More concrete information can be found in expertises. During the construction of a cathedral, sometimes, the Chapter considered it necessary to call in a foreign expert to assess the state of the work or to discuss erection problems. This was the case in Segovia Cathedral, where several expertises from the beginning of the sixteenth century have been preserved.
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