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Cathedral Arts – Architecture


Gothic Style


HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN SKETCHES: Gothic Glossary

20 terms related to Gothic architecture you probably don’t need to know 🙂 With help of my sketches I’m presenting and explaining here the most significant elements of gothic architecture . They’re set in (almost) alphabetical order: from “Aisle” to “Wimperg”.

TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINALITY OF CHARTRES…

flying buttresses

quadripartite vaults

triforium

clustered pillars

and etc.


Cuts of the Cathedral


TRANSVERSAL

LONGITUDINAL

CONTRE-DIVING

Chartres Cathedrale Plan
Plan of the Cathedral

Facing of the Cathedral



WEST

South


Dome


South

West

North


All pictures are from: Cathédrale de Chartres. Cathédrale de Chartres. (2024, April 8). https://www.cathedrale-chartres.org/ 

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