Gothic

The Gothic era has been probably my favorite era we have covered in this course. Paris is seen to be the center of the Gothic World, while churches were the center of city life. Something that many of us have learned in a history course is the Black Plague which affected the population by killing nearly 1/3 of the population or an equivalent of 75 million people.


Like the Islamic design that I discussed previously, religious expression is the heart of design here in the Gothic era as well. With the larger number of worshipers there became a need for even larger worshiping facilities and with this came the construction of many incredible cathedrals.


Gothic Architecture Characteristics:

• Described as the bridge from Romanesque to Renaissance
• Birthed from the Romanesque era
• Introduced:
• Pointed Arch
• Ribbed Vault
• Fly Buttress
• Cathedrals
• Appeared as if they are weightless
• Tall walls of stained glass allowing floods of light into space

Notre Dame at Chartes

Wells Cathedral

Above are my two favorite Gothic Architecture cathedrals!

Modern Residential Home in Arizona

Gothic Inspired Bed Frame



Click Here to see Very short Clip of a Modern Table with Gothic Inspiration