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Romanesque art
- Floor plan: churches were built in the form of a Latin cross, with two arms of different lengths. The naves were separated by pillars, which helped support the weight of the roof. There was a semi-circular area at the end of the church, known as apse. The roof of the building was formed by a barrel vault. At the intersection of the two arms there could be a dome. The walls were very thick; they were made of ashlars (cut stone blocks), reinforced by buttresses. There were few openings and they were tapered across the thickness of the wall. This gave the outside a solid appearance The interior was dark, producing an atmosphere of meditation excellent to pray. At the feet, there could be two towers.
- Examples in Europe: Vezeláy Abbey (France)
- Examples in Spain: San Martín de Frómista Santiago de Compostela Cathedral Zamora Cathedral.
- Floor plan: churches were built in the form of a Latin cross, with two arms of different lengths. The naves were separated by pillars, which helped support the weight of the roof. There was a semi-circular area at the end of the church, known as apse. The roof of the building was formed by a barrel vault. At the intersection of the two arms there could be a dome. The walls were very thick; they were made of ashlars (cut stone blocks), reinforced by buttresses. There were few openings and they were tapered across the thickness of the wall. This gave the outside a solid appearance The interior was dark, producing an atmosphere of meditation excellent to pray. At the feet, there could be two towers.
Gothic art
- The floor plan of the building resembled a Latin cross, but, unlike Romanesque, the transept, the arm of the cross, did not extend outwards and the resembled of the building widened. Gothic buildings used pointed or ogival arches and rib vaults, this allowed them rise to a great height. A rib vault was lighter than the barrel vault; it was formed by the intersection of two vaults with pointed arches The weight of the Gothic vault was supported by flying buttresses, which are exterior buttresses with arches. Rib vaults, supported by a system of buttresses and flying buttresses, meant that walls could be high and thin, and often replaced by large stained-glass windows. This gave the effect of brightness and color on the inside. When a stained glass window was round, it as known as a rose window. As the transept did not extend much outwards and the apse was much wider, this gave a broader and more compact interior space than Romanesque style structures. The apse at the end of the c
- Examples in Europe: Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris (France) Cologne Cathedral (Germany).
- Examples in Spain: Burgos Cathedral León Cathedral Palma de Mallorca Cathedral.
- The floor plan of the building resembled a Latin cross, but, unlike Romanesque, the transept, the arm of the cross, did not extend outwards and the resembled of the building widened. Gothic buildings used pointed or ogival arches and rib vaults, this allowed them rise to a great height. A rib vault was lighter than the barrel vault; it was formed by the intersection of two vaults with pointed arches The weight of the Gothic vault was supported by flying buttresses, which are exterior buttresses with arches. Rib vaults, supported by a system of buttresses and flying buttresses, meant that walls could be high and thin, and often replaced by large stained-glass windows. This gave the effect of brightness and color on the inside. When a stained glass window was round, it as known as a rose window. As the transept did not extend much outwards and the apse was much wider, this gave a broader and more compact interior space than Romanesque style structures. The apse at the end of the c
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