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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Gothic architecture"”.
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Architectural design principles as evidenced in Gothic architecture
… are identified and documented through a study of gothic architecture. The comparative method is used to show progressive change in gothic architecture and to illustrate how these design principles are evident in this change.
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Christian Themes in the Filmic Representation of C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
… Firstly, I wish to study the features of the Gothic architecture and literature depicted in the film, namely, the representation of the frightening and gruesome atmosphere, the adoption of the supernatural and fantastic elements, the appearance of transgressions, the idea of the sublime and …
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Significant influences on the creation of the rose windows of Chartres Cathedral
… the medium of rose windows. The development of Gothic architecture is found within the cultural environment of the eleventh century. It began with the Abbey of St.-Denis as rebuilt by the Abbot Suger (1081-1151). Suger aspired to glorify both the Abbey of St.-Denis and the Crown of France. He …
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Gothic Views, Romantic Visions: The Spatial Dynamics of Modern Art and Literature
It is widely accepted that the revival of Gothic architecture in England during the eighteenth century, which gradually spread to France and Germany, was one of several touchstones for the transformation of taste which preceded the Romantic movement in literature and the visual arts. The purpose of …
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The polygonal chapter house: architecture and society in Gothic Britain
… puissant elements in the formation of an English Gothic architecture. Introductions and innovations within the architectural vocabulary of the British Isles can be equally salient. One such innovation of visual prominence is the polygonal plan for chapter houses.</p> <p>Chapter houses are the …
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Scripting Errors: A taxonomy of architectural bodies' deviations as a response to uncertainty and infinite future scenarios
… and the sculpting methodologies of the Gothic architecture and Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia. The research results are communicated through drawings, 3D visualizations, and fabrication prototypes, such as, one to one 3D printed components/tiles and finally a large-scale robotic 3D Concrete …
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The Building Program of Archbishop Walter de Gray: Architectural Production and Reform in the Archdiocese of York, 1215-1255
… reform program, and it created four well-known Gothic edifices at the metropolitan church of York and at its dependent satellites, or minsters, Beverley, Ripon, and Southwell. Each construction project was supported by an indulgence from the archbishop and happened alongside important …
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The meaning of structure in chaucerian narrative
… that applies the structural principles of Gothic architecture to narrative. Finding these approaches inadequate because of their inability to engage the richness of the literal text, in Chapter Two I advance the categorical proposition, or sentence, as a global model for narrative …
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Volte Tardogotiche sarde: disegno, misura, materia
… investigates the way how the Sardinian late Gothic vaults were built. The previous opportunities of study reinforced the need to explore this specific topic within the broad field of the Sardinian late Gothic architecture, which covers a period between the fourteenth and the seventeenth …
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Total Artifice: Neo-Gothic Literary and Visual Art in Britain 1750-1789
… I argue that we have lost the syntax of neo-Gothic art. The internal movement, direction, and coherence of eighteenth-century Gothic art is no longer visible; its aesthetic force is drained, deadened by the weight of nineteenth-century invented traditions which we have failed either to shed, …
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Romanischer und gotischer Sakralbau in Frankreich : am Beispiel der Abteikirche von Saint-Denis
Die Magisterarbeit „Romanischer und gotischer Sakralbau in Frankreich am Beispiel der Abteikirche von Saint-Denis“ beschäftigt sich mit den Gründen für den im 12. Jahrhundert stattfindenden Baustilwandel, wie und warum er sich ausgerechnet zuerst an der kleinen Abteikirche im Pariser Umland vollzog …
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Holy Blood, Holy Cross: Architecture and Devotion in the Parochial Complex of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
… of the and the dynamic interrelation of architecture, figural art, and devotional practice. Among the spaces of the parish church of St. Jakob, the neighboring charnel-house chapel of St. Michael, and the urban cemetery between unfolded an intricate thematic program whose leitmotif was a …