Medievalists.net » Gothic http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Places to See: Notre Dame – Part I http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/17/places-see-notre-dame-part/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/17/places-see-notre-dame-part/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:38:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54183 Part I of my initial visit to stunning Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/03/saint-chapelle/feed/ 0 The cultural identity of medieval Silesia: the case of art and architecture http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/11/cultural-identity-medieval-silesia-case-art-architecture/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/11/cultural-identity-medieval-silesia-case-art-architecture/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:41:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51782 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/11/cultural-identity-medieval-silesia-case-art-architecture/feed/ 0 Comforting sentences from the warming room at Inchcolm abbey http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/comforting-sentences-from-the-warming-room-at-inchcolm-abbey/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/comforting-sentences-from-the-warming-room-at-inchcolm-abbey/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2014 23:38:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47276 Inchcolm abbey has the best-preserved medieval conventual buildings
in Scotland.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/comforting-sentences-from-the-warming-room-at-inchcolm-abbey/feed/ 0 Florence Cathedral: The Design Stage http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/25/florence-cathedral-the-design-stage/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/25/florence-cathedral-the-design-stage/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:19:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46993 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/25/florence-cathedral-the-design-stage/feed/ 0 Gothic Architecture and the Civilizing Process: The Great Hall in Thirteenth Century England http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/15/gothic-architecture-and-the-civilizing-process-the-great-hall-in-thirteenth-century-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/15/gothic-architecture-and-the-civilizing-process-the-great-hall-in-thirteenth-century-england/#comments Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:34:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42876 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 […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/15/gothic-architecture-and-the-civilizing-process-the-great-hall-in-thirteenth-century-england/feed/ 0 The Transmission of Medieval Mathematics and the Origins of Gothic Architecture http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/the-transmission-of-medieval-mathematics-and-the-origins-of-gothic-architecture/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/the-transmission-of-medieval-mathematics-and-the-origins-of-gothic-architecture/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:52:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42846 Mathematics and art history, two seemingly separate fields, ultimately relate to and complement one another through the medium of architecture.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/the-transmission-of-medieval-mathematics-and-the-origins-of-gothic-architecture/feed/ 0 The Development of Stained Glass in Gothic Cathedrals http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/the-development-of-stained-glass-in-gothic-cathedrals/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/the-development-of-stained-glass-in-gothic-cathedrals/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:54:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40813 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/the-development-of-stained-glass-in-gothic-cathedrals/feed/ 0 Some Notes on Gothic Building Processes: the Expertises of Segovia Cathedral http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/some-notes-on-gothic-building-processes-the-expertises-of-segovia-cathedral/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/some-notes-on-gothic-building-processes-the-expertises-of-segovia-cathedral/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:11:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36748 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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