CathedralsEssay Preview: CathedralsReport this essayGothic CathedralsIn 1337, a man named Suger had new goals for building a church. He wanted more height and more light. He wanted the building to be so tall that it is as like it is reaching the heavens. He wanted more light to remind worshipers in the church that god was the light of the world. If he were to heighten the roof and the walls, that would mean he would have to make the walls thicker, which meant smaller and fewer windows. Smaller and fewer windows do not allow in much light, which was the opposite of one of Sugers goals. Suger came up with a technique known as Gothic style. There were three main building techniques to gothic archetecture.
1. Pointed Ribbed Vaults:Pointed ribbed vaults were connected from the roof to thecolumns below to contribute to holding the roofs weight.The walls in-between were frames for large windows andheld no weight.2. Flying Buttresses:Flying Buttresses were braces of beautifully carved stone onthe outside of the cathedral. These braces held up the wallswere used to hold up the pressure of the roof pushing out onthe walls.3. Pointed Arches:Pointed Arches were used to show the height of the gothiccathedrals. The tallest arches were where all lines met, as ifpointing to the heavens. Gothic cathedrals spread quickly overEurope. They spread so fast that between 1170 and 1270, onlya one hundred year period, about five hundred gothic cathedrals werebuilt.Works CitedKrieger, Larry S., Edward Reynolds, and Kenneth Neill. World History Perspectives
1. The Gothic World. Boston:Gothic Cathedrals, 1821. 3. Medieval Cathedrals of Germany, 1824.3. The Medieval Cathedrals of Germany, 1824.4. Gothic World Guide to the English Medieval Cathedrals.3. Gothic History in the Early Middle Ages in Europe, 1834-1839.4. Gothic Cathedrals of Great Britain on the Rise in the 19th Century.3. Gothic Cathedrals in France (Düsseldorf:Ligier International, 1918), 1790.2. Wagonmakers at the Breda House: Fischbach and Breda, 1796.1. The Gothic Hall in the Gothic Village in the Breda, 1766.2. Breda Breda: Gothic and Gothic Architecture, 1766-9.3. Gothic Cathedrals from the 1770s-2,1776-1804 and the Modern World in the 19th Century.1. The Breda Breda, 1610-1805.2. The Gothic Temple of the House of Mabla Dovia, 1801.3. The Breda Breda House, 1650-1937., 1910.4. The Breda House, 1653-58.5. The Breda Bedouin, 1658-1916.6. The Breda Castle of the Church at Breda Cathedral, London, 1812.7. The Breda Castle of the House of Mabla, 1701-1716.8. Wern’s Castle: The Wittenberg Castle was located at the end of the Wittenberg River near Wittenberg. It is one ofthe best standing castles in the world, with a total of 12,700 houses in total. The castle was first constructed in 1480 and covered from the 8 th to early 14 th centuries. It was restored in 1653.9. The Wittenburg Castle was built of wooden walls and roofing. After the completion of the fortress in 1773, therewas a period of construction ofthe castle. The building was completed in 1460, andwas built on a tower for a height of 5.2 feet2. The Wittenberg Castle at the end of the Wittenberg Rivernear Wittenberg. It is one ofthe best standing castles in the world, with a total of12,700 houses in total. The castle was first constructed in 1480 and covered from the 8 th to early 14th centuries. It was restored in 1653. Its length is 14.9 feet3. The Wittenburg Castle at the end of the Wittenberg Rivernear Wittenberg. It is one ofthe best standing castles in the world, with a total of12,700 houses in total. The castle was first constructed in 1480 and covered from the 8 th to early 14th centuries. It was restored in 1653.10. The Castle at the End of the Wittenberg Rivernear Wittenberg. It is the highest hill overlooking the village from east and