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Mt. St. MICHEL
Date: 11th Century
Place: France
Period: French Romanesque
Significance: Church dominates island. Cloister for transition/meditation. |
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St. Philibert
Date: 11th and 12th Centuries
Place: Tournus
Period: French Romanesque
Significance: Attached buttresses. Minimum decorations outside. Not symetrical on the outside. Brick interior.
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St. MADELEINE
Date: 12th Century
Period: French Romanesque
Place: Vezelay
Significance: Unusual fassat shows individualism. Single bell tower. Unusual central arch over splayed effect that drags you inside. Tympanum with trumeau. |
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ST. SERNIN
Date: 11th and 12th centuries
Place: Toulousse
Period: French Romanesque
Significance: Model for Romanesch Church; cross-shape, symetrycal, axiel, modular rect. bay, Ambulatory going around entire church, cross barrel Vaults, wheel window, blind arcade, simple interior. |
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ABBEY CHURCH ST. SAVIN-SUR-GARTEMPE
Date: 11th and 12th Century
Place: France
Period: French Romanesque
Significance: Apse with Apsedials. Arcade up to roof. Untapered Bizentine columns. Ceiling vaults painted. |
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DURHAM CATHEDRAL
Date: 11th and 12th Century
Place: England
Period: Norman Romanesque
Significance: No ambulatory. 3 apse. Romanesque towers. Chevron and Diaper pattern columns. Ribbed groined vaulting. Pointed Arches. |
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CHURCH OF ST. ETIENNE, CAEN, FRANCE
Date: 11th century
Place: Caen, France
Period: Norman Romanesque
Significance: Most Famous Norman Romanesque Church; divided in 3x3x3. Plain Fassat and disproportioned roof over naive. |
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SAN MINIATO AL MONTE
Date: 11th and 12th Century
Place: Florence
Period: Italian Romanesque
Significance: Marble with decorated inlay. Wood roof trusses. Cript w/ naive and choir. |
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BAPTISTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI
Date: 11th and 12th Centuries
Place: Florence
Period: Italian Romanesque
Significance: Octagonal(Tuskan Romanesque Style). Geometric shapes. Several Marble colors. Broken into small pieces. |
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CATHEDRAL COMPLEX PISA
Date: 11th and 12th Centuries
Place: Italy
Period: Italian Romanesque
Significance: Round Baptistry, wooden roof Basilica, attached Tuscan Romanesque columns, 1st wall painting, niple roof on dome, freestanding Campanile(leaning bell tower) is very decorated, Pulpit on apse. |
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TITLE: CHURCH OF ST. AMBROGIO, MILAN
CULTURE: ITALIAN ROMANESQUE ARHITECTURE
PERIOD/REGION: MILAN
DATE: 11TH & 12TH CENTURIES
SIGNIFICANCE: Early Christian Revival. Unusual atrium. No transept. Boss in center of Ribbed Vaulting. |
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TITLE: MONREALE CATHEDRAL, SICILY
PERIOD: ITALIAN ROMANESQUE ARHITECTURE
CULTURE/REGION: ROMANESQUE / SICILY
DATE: 12TH CENTURY
SIGNIFICANCE: Exterior deco is Islamic. Has tomb of William the Conqueror. Entirely gold interior. |
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TITLE: CEFALU CATHEDRAL
PERIOD: ITALIAN ROMANESQUE ARHITECTURE
CULTURE/REGION: ROMANESQUE / SICILY
DATE: 12TH AND 13TH CENTURY
SIGNIFICANCE: Norman Twin Tower Fassat. Bizentince mosaics. Massive roof. Synthesis of Northern Romanesque, bizentine and Islamic. Blind arcade for decoration. |
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TITLE: GREAT MOSQUE MASJID-I-JAMI
CULTURE: ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
PERIOD/REGION: ISFANHAN, IRAN
DATE: 11TH CENTURY
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TITLE: GREAT MOSQUE, CORDOBA, SPAIN
CULTURE: ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
PERIOD/REGION: CORDOBA, SPAIN
DATE: 8TH CENTURY
SIGNIFICANCE: Hypostyler. Expanded in 2 different directions. Best example of Islamic Art. Two tiered Arches. Wooden Roof replaced by Vaults. Dome over Mihrab w/ geometric shape. Paint resembles Rosette. |
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TITLE: LION COURT, ALHAMBRA
CULTURE: ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
PERIOD/REGION: GRANADA,SPAIN
DATE: 13TH & 14TH CENTURY
SIGNIFICANCE: Not Axial or symetrical. Made to fit mountain site. Hadeequa (star shaped vaults). Water from lion's mouth airated area. Highly deco interior. |
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TITLE: DOME OF THE ROCK
PERIOD: ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
CULTURE/REGION: ISLAMIC/JERUSALEM,, ISRAEL
DATE: 7TH CENTURY
SIGNIFICANCE: Similar to Bizantine Churches (St. Vitale). Light/wooden verticle dome on drum. Pierced bizentine windows. Ambulatory. Alternating of colors. |
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TITLE: PALACE OF MSHATTA
PERIOD: ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
CULTURE/REGION: ISLAMIC/JORDAN
DATE: 8TH CENTURY
SIGNIFICANCE: Rossettes w/ birds in zigzag pattern. Roman influence. Horrorvacui (everything FILLED IN). |
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TITLE: GREAT MOSQUE, DAMASCUS
PERIOD: ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
CULTURE/REGION: ISLAMIC/SYRIA
DATE: 8TH CENTURY
SIGNIFICANCE: Highly decorated. Built for large amounts of ppl. Roman influenced Mosaics. Hadeequa with pond to clean feet and hands. Roman Arches. Minaret, Dome, Corrinthian Columns. Assembly hall for prayer and Madrazza for political learning. |
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Title: AMIENS CATHERDRAL
CULTURE: FRENCH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
PERIOD/REGION: FRANCE
DATE: 13TH CENTURY
SIGNIFICANCE: Exagerated pointed Roofs. Unmatching Tower Roofs. Gargoiles. Cross best visible from roof, not plan. Tall Lancet windows(knifes). |
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TITLE: LAON CATHEDRAL
CULTURE: FRENCH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
PERIOD/REGION: FRANCE
DATE: 12TH & 13TH CENTURY
SIGNIFICANCE: Rose window, dedication to Mary. Light symbolizes holly divine. English Plan because of Flat End(no chevet). |
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TITLE: ST. DENIS
CULTURE: FRENCH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
PERIOD/REGION: FRANCE
DATE: 12TH CENTURY
SIGNIFICANE: Mosaics change to large Stained Glass and Pointed Arches. Flying buttresses, smaller, bigger clerestory. Final resting place of kings/queens of France. Rose Wheel Window. Offset narthax. Suger invented CHEVET= Apse+Apsedial+ambulatory. Six Part Ribbed Groin Vaulting. |
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TITLE: CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, CHARTRES
CULTURE / REGION: CHARTRES, FRANCE
PERIOD: 12TH & 13TH CENTURIES
STYLE: FRENCH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
SIGNIFICANCE:
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TITLE: CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, PARIS
CULTURE / REGION: PARIS, FRANCE
PERIOD: 12TH & 13TH CENTURIES
STYLE: FRENCH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
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TITLE: ST. MACLOU
CULTURE / REGION: ROUEN, FRANCE
PERIOD: 16TH CENTURY
STYLE: FRENCH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
SIGNIFICANCE: Covered w/ elegant scrolls. Massive tower. Architectural Elements overlap each other making other Paculiar Elements.
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TITLE: UPPER CHAPEL, ST. CHAPPELLE, PARIS
CULTURE / REGION: PARIS, FRANCE
PERIOD: 13TH CENTURIES
STYLE: FRENCH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
SIGNIFICANCE: 3/4 stained glass.
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Title: Exeter cathedral
Date:13th century
Place: Exeter, England
Period: English Gothic architecture
Significance: Tierceron Vaults create fan like character. 3 discrete Entrances. Elaborate tomb w/ polycroming. |
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TITLE: SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
CULTURE / REGION: SALISBURY, ENGLAND
PERIOD: 13TH & 14TH CENTURIES
STYLE: ENGLISH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
SIGNIFICANCE: Set in park. Flat end to Apse. No narthex, meaning no airlock. Lancet instead of rose window. A lot of HORIZONTALITY.
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TITLE: LINCOLN CATHEDRAL
CULTURE / REGION: LINCON (LINCOLNSHIRE), ENGLAND
PERIOD: 12TH CENTURIES
STYLE: ENGLISH GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
SIGNIFICANCE: Horizontal Lines. Crazy Vaults. Tierseron(ribs) with ridge Vaulting done solely for aesthetics.
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Title: Wells cathedral
Date: 14th century
Place: Wells, England
Period: English Gothic Architecture
Significance: Strainer arch for support of Tower. |
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Title: Ely cathedreal
Date: 14th century
Place: Ely, England
Period: English Gothic Architecture
Significance: Octagon shaped Dome. |
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Title: Milan cathedral
Date:14th 15th century
Place: Milan, Italy
Period: Italian Gothic Architecture
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Title: Siena cathedral
Date: 13th 14th century
Place: Siena, Italy
Period: Italian Gothic Architecture |
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Title: Florence cathedral
Date:13th 14th century
Place:Florence, Italy
Period: Italian Gothic Architecture |
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Title: Palazzo vecchio
Date: 14th century
Place:Florence,Italy
Period: Italian Gothic Architecture |
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