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Questions in reference of Art History ( Romanesque and Gothic Churches)?
1.) Who and what was responsible for the development and spread of the Gothic style? What was believed to be special about the space created by the Gothic style in architecture?
2.) Discuss the changes in sculpture, beginning with the early christian, including the Romanesque and ending with the Gothic
3.)What problem with Romanesque pilgrimage Churches was solved with the use of an ambulatory? What does this say about the role of the church in society during this time.
4.) Discuss the characteristics of the ideal Gothic Church. How do these characteristics reflect the role and tone of the church and the era?
5.) Discuss the practice of pilgrimage during the middle ages. How did the practice affect christian art and society? What types of art were created related to this practice.
These quetions will be usefull for me to study for on my test
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*if you only know some please help me*
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Gothic architecture is a style of architectureArchitecture
* Architectural history* Architectural mythology* Architectural structure* Architectural style* Architectural theory…
which flourished during the high and late medieval periodMiddle Ages
The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic Periodization into three “ages”: the classical antiquity of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Modern world Times….
. It evolved from Romanesque architectureRomanesque architecture
The term Romanesque, like many other stylistic designations, was not a term contemporary with the art it describes but an invention of modern scholarship to categorize a Cultural movement….
and was succeeded by Renaissance architectureRenaissance architecture
Renaissance Architecture: Between the 14th and the 16th Centuries there was the stirrings of a new cultural movement which came to be known as the Renaissance, literally the Rebirth, because it revived and developed certain elements of Classica…
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Originating in 12th-century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during the period as “the French Style” (), with the term Gothic first appearing during the latter part of the RenaissanceRenaissance
In the traditional view, the Renaissance was understood as a historical age in Europe that followed the Middle Ages and preceded the Reformation, spanning roughly the 14th century through the 16th century….
as a stylistic insult. Its characteristic features include the pointed archOgive
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, the ribbed vault and the flying buttressFlying buttress
In architecture, a flying buttress, or arc-boutant, is a butt, usually on a religious building, used to transmit the thrust of a vault across an intervening space, to a buttress outside the building….
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Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedralCathedral
A cathedral is a Christianity church building, specifically of a denomination with an Episcopal polity hierarchy, such as the Anglicanism, Catholic Church and some Lutheranism churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus …
s, abbeyAbbey
An abbey , is a Christianity monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serve as the spiritual father or mother of the community….
s and parish churchChurch
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