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GOTHIQUE PRIMITIF [1 record]

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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.

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