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EARLY GOTHIC [2 records]

Record 1 1986-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art History and Theory
  • Architectural Styles
CONT

The great Early Gothic cathedrals are Sens, c. 1140 etc.; Noyon, c. 1150 etc.; Laon, c. 1160, etc.; Paris, 1163 etc. They have the sexpartite rib vaults of Caen and show a development to higher proportions, thinner members, larger openings, and less inert wall [than the earlier Romanesque architecture].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire et théorie de l'art
  • Styles en architecture
CONT

le gothique primitif (fin du XII siècle) : constructions à plusieurs étages avec tribunes, triforium et rangée de fenêtres (...). Les cathédrales de Laon [1160-1225) et de Noyon furent ainsi bâties dans ce style.

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

the first period of that style originating in France in the XII century and characterized by the pointed arch, rib vaulting, flying buttress and the great height

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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