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St. Joseph Messenger: Architecture
For young viewers...a concise answer to the question: What makes it Gothic?
http://www.aquinas-multimedia.com/stjoseph/architecture.html |
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Medieval French Gothic Architecture and Sculpture
San Jose State University provides an extensive gallery of expandable images, accessed via pull-down menu and selection from an array. Basic information is given for each.
http://worldart.sjsu.edu/prt31*1$596 |
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Gothic Art and Architecture
Serge Helfrich introduces the art form, dominated by the struggle of architecture against gravity, that flourished in Europe from the 12th until the 16th century.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~helfrich/gothic/ |
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European Route of Brick Gothic
Project aiming to survey medieval buildings in brick in cities around the Baltic Sea and promote a thematic tourist route.
http://www.eurob.org |
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Gothic Style Brick Buildings
Information on structures in the Mecklenburg, Vorpommern region of Germany.
http://www.all-in-all.com/english/8022.htm |
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Romanesque and Gothic Architecture Plans
Spatial proportions compared in detailed layouts, with clickable thumbnails and extensive glossary. From Rice University, Humanities Electronic Studio Project.
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~hart205/Cathedrals/Plan/plan.html |
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1200 Years of Italian Sculpture: Gothic
Architectural details predominate in this collection of photographs from Thais.
http://www.thais.it/scultura/romanica.htm |
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The Nature of Gothic
An extract from John Ruskin's influential book "The Stones of Venice" (1851-3).
http://www47.homepage.villanova.edu/seth.koven/gothic.html |
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Sculpture for Buildings: Medieval Europe
The Metropolitan Museum of Art uses its extensive collection to present an online tutorial.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/arch/hd_arch.htm |
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New York Carver
A virtual Gothic cathedral project, featuring articles, photo galleries of Gothic architectural details and an illustrated glossary of terms. Image of the day, screensaver, newsletter, resources.
http://www.newyorkcarver.com/ |
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Medieval Architecture: High Gothic
Slides of major Gothic buildings from Jeffery Howe's Digital Archive of Architecture: Notre Dame, Chartres; Notre Dame, Amiens; St. Etienne, Bourges; Ste. Chapelle, Paris; Cologne Cathedral.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/high_gothic.html |
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Gothic Architecture
The introduction to Robert Branner's book 'Gothic Architecture' provides an overview of the subject. Hosted by Columbia University.
http://www.columbia.edu/~eer1/branner.html |
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Gothic Dreams
An exploration and study of churches and cathedrals in the Gothic style. Features include: histories, study guides, glossaries and galleries.
http://elore.com/elore04.html |
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English Heritage: What is Gothic?
An introduction to the style, featuring Whitby Abbey as an example and photographs of all the major Gothic properties in the ownership of English Heritage.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp?WCI=WebItem&WCE=3670 |
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Medieval Architecture
Clickable thumbnails of photos and drawings illustrating Early Gothic with links to the High Gothic period, from the Digital Archive of Architecture.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic_arch.html |
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Gothic Valle d'Aosta, Italy
Pure Gothic runs rampant in this section of the country thanks to strong German and French influence, seen in a half-dozen color photos from In Italy Online, with description and tourist information.
http://www.initaly.com/~initaly/regions/valdsta/michael.htm |
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The Birth of Gothic Architecture
Syracuse University provides a visual journey from the birth of French Gothic to pre-Renaissance Italy.
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/His311/Lecture%20Three/lect6.html |
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Earthlore: Gothic Dreams
A lively and illustrated introduction to the monumental churches and cathedrals of the Middle Ages, with a feature on Notre Dame de Paris.
http://www.elore.com/Gothic/contents.htm |
Additional
Information: The architecture of the pointed arch, the rib vault and the flying buttress, which came together to form the fully Gothic style in mid-12th-century France. It spread throughout Europe where it developed local forms.
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