Gothic Architecture: A New Architecture for a New World Romanesque Architecture of the Early Middle Ages: Norman Sicily Spread of Gothic Architecture and of Universities from early twelfth to fifteenth centuries
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Abbot Suger, St. Denis (near Paris) |
Front Facade, Suger's Apse, Vaulting |
The Thirteenth-Century Church of St. Denis |
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Another Example of Northern French Gothic Architecture: |
Notre Dame in Paris, Front Facade
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Gargoyles on Notre Dame |
View from the South
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Early Christian and Italian Medieval Churches were based on the Roman Basilica
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Duomo in Siena
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European Urbanism (A major theme for the rest of the semester) Centers of Power 1000-1500 The walled city and its towers |
Carcassonne and its walls at night |
The Growth of Italian Cities
Siena |
The Secular and Spiritual Center of the City
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Palazzo Publico (City Hall) |
Images of Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1319-1347) |
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View of Medieval Tower in Siena |
The importance of
Trade and Ship Building for the Growth of Italian and Mediterranean Cities
Hanseatic League Cologne, Braunschweig, Hamburg, Lübeck, Augsburg, Nürnburg, Rostock |