Church of St. Etienne
Caen, France
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury, England
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“Descended from Roman”
Emerged around 1000 and lasted
until roughly 1150
Characteristics:
Massive, thick walls
 Grounded, Earthly appearance
 Round arches
 Barrel vaults
 Large towers
 Small windows
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Church of St. Sernin
Toulouse, France
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“Gothic” is a Renaissance
invention to insult the style.
Gothic originally termed “French
Style”
Style of the High Middle Ages in
Northern Europe.
Characteristics:
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Flying buttresses
Vertical emphasis
Pointed arches (ogival)
Ribbed vaults
Large windows/Light
Stained glass windows
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1085 – 1151 Redesigned Church of
Saint-Denis in Paris
First Gothic structure
King of France proclaimed that this
would be the model for future
churches
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Technical innovation: glass
walls
Light: analogy to God’s
spiritual being
Created Gothic framework of
soaring lines; metaphor for
God’s world.
Cathedral of Orvieto, Italy
Pisa Cathedral
Pisa, Italy
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Paris, France
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
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Chartres surpassed all others:
perfection of design, stained glass
and sculpture.
Relic: Mary’s tunic
Floor plan: basic Latin Cross but
with broader portals on north and
south
Still has the all of its original glass
Duomo
Milan, Italy