one sees around them is designed and built with much thought and care. They are all designed and built by what we call architecture. According to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary architecture is "the art or science of building; specifically: the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones‚ a method or style of building". Architecture is a science according to Merriam-Webster because it is "a department of
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women to the design of homes. Many elements of the home design changed from the Gothic Revival style to the Victorian style. The items people decorated with changed‚ and the way they filled their homes. This era was a beautiful era for so many reasons. Victorian Era Architecture Victorian architecture has many gorgeous features that make this style of architecture very distinctive. One feature of Victorian architecture is the patterned bricks. Victorian homes often used what was known as Flemish brick
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Gothic art started with the style from France dating back to the 1137-44. One of the first types of Gothic architectural is the Interior of Saint-Denis. Stained glass windows covered the back as sculpted delicate columns and rib vaults stand in front of the windows. Each type of architecture style has a different aspect. For example‚ rib vaults as they are used to replace barrel vaults from Romanesque period. Next are the piers used for support for the vaults? Flying buttresses are very thin half
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Submitted by Williams‚Sierra on 8/26/2014 3:19:29 PM Points Awarded 8.00 Points Missed 22.00 Percentage 26.7% 1. This writing outlines an ideal society based on justice and reason‚ but not on democracy. The ideal state was authoritarian. A) The Republic B) The Oresteia C) The Allegory of the Cave D) The Apology E) None of the above. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): A 2. The Song of Roland was inspired by A) the Vikings
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Italian Gothic Architecture A country that is rich in heritage and history is home to a place that is critical in the development of architecture not only in Europe but throughout the world. Italian gothic architecture represents a movement of gothic architecture that transitioned through Europe and transformed style and the typical depiction of the word “gothic.” Italy’s choice of design and placement of buildings shows the Italians approach and style in terms of gothic design. The Italian approach
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ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE By: Natalie de la Rosa The 11th to 15th centuries saw a great surge of the Christian Church within Europe which was emphasized by the persuasiveness of the Crusades. The growing population of the Church increased the demand for the increased presence in architectural monuments and during the Romanesque and Gothic periods‚ a great cathedral construction boom occurred across Europe. The Romanesque and Gothic architectural styles were distinctive
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Erwin Panofsky’s Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism presents a compelling connection between the architectural styles of Gothic Cathedrals and the order and form of the Scholastic school of thought. Focusing on the "100 mile zone around Paris" during the years between 1130-40 and 1270 where and when Scholasticism was the dominate theory of education and Gothic architecture began to take a stronghold over the ageing Romanesque style. In Panofsky’s own words "A connection between Gothic art and Scholasticism
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Architecture is about impressing self and others. Perhaps the main goal of an architect is to influence individuals and societies by her artistic passion and ideas. Therefore the judgments of individuals have centric roles in architecture. However the criteria of these judgments have been changed through the time‚ locations‚ and societies. One of these criteria is indeed the sense of beauty and aesthetics of art and architecture. Since the emergence of human civilisation and communities the human
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Gothic Art is concerned with the painting‚ sculpture‚ architecture‚ and music characteristic of the second of two great international eras that flourished in western and central Europe during the Middle Ages. Architecture was the most important and original art form during the Gothic period. The principal structural characteristics of Gothic architecture arose out of medieval masons’ efforts to solve the problems associated with supporting heavy masonry ceiling vaults over wide spans. The problem
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of Early Gothic (1140-1194) to Nicholas’s altars and shrines provide an idea of how sumptuous were the furnishing of Gothic churched. The birthplace of Gothic art and architecture was Saint-Denis‚ where Abbot Suger used rib vaults with pointed arches and stained-glass windows to rebuild the Carolingian royal church. The west façade of Suger’s church also introduced statue-columns on the portal jambs‚ which important example of Early Gothic (1140-1194) architecture. The Parisian Gothic style became
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