Name _________________________________
Arch. Packet 6
Gothic Period
1. In Paris, Abbot Suger’s church, St Denis, was over crowded on feast days, so he decided to
____________ the building.
2. Suger had a vision of what the new church would be he wanted to do three things,
1_________________________________, 2_______________________________ and
3.__________________________.
3. Suger imagined an interior where space would flow unimpeded by _____________, where walls would
be _____________ and most importantly be filled with _____________.
4. When Suger rebuilt his choir along these lines, he invented the ____________ style.
5. Within 50 years churches were being built all over Europe in the Gothic style, growing progressively
_____________ and ______________.
6. From its origin near ________, in the 12th century the Gothic style dominated Europe for ________
years.
7. The desire and the means to build on a ________________scale over multiple ________________ was
new.
8. This building boom was made possible by the growing wealth of __________ and the power and
patronage of the __________ and _____________.
9. The Gothic cathedral represented the Middle Ages overriding concern: ______________
____________.
10. Many innovations in building were brought back from the East by the _________________.
11. The following architectural elements all contributed to the new Gothic style: __________________,
______________________, ________________ and ____________________ pierced by expansive
stained glass windows.
12. The weight of a ribbed vault is channeled towards the four corners, where it is supported by vertical
_______________.
13. To resist the outward thrust of the arches, external supports called __________ _____________ were
devised.
14. Before the flying buttresses were invented at ___________ ___________, walls were _________feet
thick, by the end of the period walls had shrunk to only 16 inches.
15. Cathedrals retained the Romanesque format of a ________ with _________aisles, but transept arms
became smaller reinforcing the sense of a an inner spatial __________.
16. Most striking was the virtual __________ of the walls, which became mullions for _________
__________.
17. Notre Dame was the first cathedral of ________________scale.
18. Its compact plan with a continuous ring of _________ and a non projecting ___________ reinforces the
sense of oneness.
On the test, you will need to be able to label the plan
of Chartres Cathedral:
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Chartres Cathedral:
19. Chartres Cathedral is often called the _____________________Gothic cathedral.
20. The chief glory of Chartres Cathedral is it _______________ square feet of ________
_______________.
21. Another reason to consider Chartres the __________of Gothic design is its exterior _____________.
22. Around the ____________, thin columnar statues of Old Testament figures, prophets and the Apostles
reinforce the ___________ lines of the building.
23. Amiens Cathedral takes the ___________________ of architecture almost to the vanishing point.
24. Its exterior façade is almost completely carved with _______________.
25. Amiens is the most ______________ of the cathedrals with a height to width ratio of 3:1.
26. Rheims Catherdral is an example of the later ________ Gothic style.
27. At Rheims we see the invention of ________ tracery.
28. Bar tracery consisted of long __________ pieces of stone.
29. High Gothic abandoned the simplicity of Chartres for a more _________________ style.
30. Gothic style came to England from _____________.
31. Both Canterbury Cathedral and ____________Abbey, in England were in the French style.
32. British Gothic characteristics were _______, broad proportions and a _____________ layout.
33. Double __________ projected much farther than in French models.
34. Not only did front portals have towers, there was often a tower over the _____________________.
35. In Germany, __________churches were built during the Gothic period.
36. Italians were ______________of architectural styles that originated North of the Alps.
37. Nevertheless they added ___________arches or pinnacles to show they were keeping up with the latest
building style.
38. The ___________ Palace in Venice shows an Eastern influence, but it is _________________ Gothic.