How
do I build something to live in, of lasting beauty and excellent craftsmanship, here in Guatemala with little money and no expertise? How to build the Gothic Architecture & Cloister Monasteries I have been waiting to
build all my life. This photo makes me "catch my breath" every single
time. This "illusion of light" drew me to Paris and Sainte Chappelle
kept me there for five years...
People built with no money and the "dirt beneath their feet" for thousands of years since the beginning of time and human existance. We build our little "bird nests" with whatever materials we have at hand, no matter what part of the world we are from. They built with the trees in the forests, or the mud from the river, or stone from the mountain, or sand from the desert; whatever materials they literally had "at hand." The earth beneath their feet.
Why should I be so different?
And so we begin...
It took more than 100 years to build the spectacular Gothic churches and monasteries; three generations of laborers who could not read or write, with one architect who knew Geometry, Trigonometry and more. It is these unsung workers are the "heroes of the ages" in my book.
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People built with no money and the "dirt beneath their feet" for thousands of years since the beginning of time and human existance. We build our little "bird nests" with whatever materials we have at hand, no matter what part of the world we are from. They built with the trees in the forests, or the mud from the river, or stone from the mountain, or sand from the desert; whatever materials they literally had "at hand." The earth beneath their feet.
Why should I be so different?
And so we begin...
It took more than 100 years to build the spectacular Gothic churches and monasteries; three generations of laborers who could not read or write, with one architect who knew Geometry, Trigonometry and more. It is these unsung workers are the "heroes of the ages" in my book.
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architectonice
"This is a blog specifically for Gothic and Neo-Gothic architecture."
Many fine examples: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/gothic-architecture
Which led me to the wonderful examples found here:
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/gothic/decorated.html
Which led me to the wonderful examples found here:
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/gothic/decorated.html
The Decorated Style
Banister Fletcher and Banister F. Fletcher
Openings
Comparative examples showing progress of gothic tracery development.
The proportions of height to width are less
lofty than in the Early English period.
Windows are large, and divided by mullions
into two or more lights. Tracery at first consisted of geometric
forms, as in the cloisters of Salisbury, the choir clerestories of
Ely, Lincoln, and Lichfield, and the nave of York. In the latter
part of the period it was flowing in character as in the choirs
of Ely and Wells.
The cusps, which in the Early English style were often planted
on, in this period were cut out of the stone forming the tracery.
Doorways are ornamented with engaged shafts, and
have jambs of less depth than in the Early English style.
Arches were formed by being struck from the points of equilateral
triangles, or even of lower proportion (No. 299 i). The ogee arch
(No. 299 v) was also used.
The enlargement of clerestory windows proceeded pari passu
with the diminution in height of the triforium (No. 137 F).
References
Fletcher, Banister, and Banister F. Fletcher. A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method for the Student, Craftsman, and Amateur. 5th ed. London: B. T. Batsford, 1905. Pp. 341-49.
more: http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/gothic/decorated.html
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Tympanum (architecture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In architecture, a tympanum
(plural, tympana) is the semi-circular or triangular decorative wall
surface over an entrance, bounded by a lintel and arch. It often ...----
The Decorated Style - The Victorian Web
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Aug 31, 2007 - Comparative examples showing progress of gothic tracery development. [Click on the thumbnails for larger images.] The proportions of height ...
The Decorated Style,
also known as the Geometrical and Curvilinear, Middle Pointed,
Edwardian, Later Plantagenet, or Fourteenth-Century Style, comprises the reigns of Edward II (1307-27, Edward III
(1327-77). The general appearance, although there is an increasing rich-
ness of ornamentation, is simple, from the small number of parts,
and magnificent, from the size of the windows filled in with
geometrical and flowing tracery; Clerestories were enlarged at
the expense of the triforium. Vaulting ribs were more numerous
and complex than in the previous style, the vault becoming a main
feature in the effect of the interiors.
Plans
Left: Spire with Parapet Angle Turrets & Crockets, Salisbury Cathedral.
Right: Spire on Octagonal Tower; Diagonal Buttresses,
St. Mary Bloxam, Oxfordshire. [Click on the thumbnails for larger
images.]
The new plans were set out with a wider spacing
in the bays, more noticeable in parish churches than in cathedrals
already started in earlier periods. The progress of vaulting
regulated the planning of the piers, and was in itself strongly
influenced by the increased size of the openings required to
exhibit stained glass. In domestic architecture the "Hall" was
highly developed, as at Westminster and Penshurst.
Several of the great central towers were now carried up, as
Salisbury, Lincoln, and Lichfield.
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Where I was able to order this book on Amazon! It seems to be from the early 1900's, and has the famous drawing of the different types of church windows:
References
Fletcher, Banister, and Banister F. Fletcher. A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method for the Student, Craftsman, and Amateur. 5th ed. London: B. T. Batsford, 1905.
You can also purchase a new copy and download a "free scanned copy" if you pay for a reprint here:
Publisher: RareBooksClub.com (May 10, 2012)
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A History of Architecture: On the Comparative Method for Students, Craftsmen, & Amateurs (Hardcover)
by Banister Fletcher (Author)
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing
text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book
(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901
Excerpt: ... plan (No. 131) and dimensions with that of Amiens (No.
120). Strasburg Cathedral (1240-1365) has two western towers (No. 115
E), a large rose window at west end, and double tracery in the windows
i.e., tracery in two planes). The open work tracery spire dates from
1429. The character of the detail is somewhat "wiry." The cathedral was
built by "A great master of his craft, Erwin von Steinbach; but not he
alone, For many generations labour'd with him. Children that came to see
these saints in stone. As day by day out of the blocks they rose, Grew
old and died, and still the work went on, And on and on and is not yet
completed..... The architect Built his great heart into these sculptured
stones, And with him toiled his children, and their lives Were builded
with his own into the walls As offerings to God."--Longfellow. Ratisbon
Cathedral (1275-1534) (No. 132), the open spires added in 1859-1869, has
a regular plan, octagonal apse without ambulatory, and western towers.
Notice the peculiar little triangular porch. Ulm Cathedral is notable
for the small ratio of support in regard to its floor space. It has a
polygonal eastern apse without ambulatory. It is spacious and lofty;
only one western tower is carried up. It has an arcaded gallery to the
eaves, a remnant ...
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fromRomanesque traditions, and fine choir stalls. St.
Elizabeth, Marburg (1235-1283) (No. 133), is the typical form, known as
the "Hall Church." The result of raising the side aisles, as shown, was
to abolish the triforium and clerestory, to reduce the importance of the
nave, and to do away with the necessity for flying buttresses, while
rendering the interior more spacious. Munich Cathedral, St. Barbara,
Kuttenberg, and St. Martin, Landshut (1404), are other examples of...
