Cathedral Architecture

Cathedral Architecture

by Nicholas Johnson

Cathedral Architecture

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Abstract

The paragraph should give a three to five sentence abstract about your entire London HUA experience including 1) a summary of the aims of your project, 2) your prior experience with humanities and arts courses and disciplines, and 3) your major takeaways from the experience. This can and should be very similar to the paragraph you use to summarize this milestone on your Profile Page. It should contain your main Objective, so be sure to clearly state a one-sentence statement that summarizes your main objective for this milestone such as "a comparison of the text of Medieval English choral music to that of the Baroque" or it may be a question such as "to what extent did religion influence Christopher Wren's sense of design?"

Introduction

I suggest you save this section for last. Describe the essence of this project. Cover what the project is and who cares in the first two sentences. Then cover what others have done like it, how your project is different. Discuss the extent to which your strategy for completing this project was new to you, or an extension of previous HUA experiences.

As you continue to think about your project milestones, reread the "Goals" narrative on defining project milestones from the HU2900 syllabus. Remember: the idea is to have equip your milestone with a really solid background and then some sort of "thing that you do". You'll need to add in some narrative to describe why you did the "thing that you did", which you'd probably want to do anyway. You can make it easy for your advisors to give you a high grade by ensuring that your project milestone work reflects careful, considerate, and comprehensive thought and effort in terms of your background review, and insightful, cumulative, and methodical approaches toward the creative components of your project milestone deliverables.

Section 1: Background

Norman

Norman Architecture began in approximately year 1000 and roughly lasted through year 1200 but was then phased out in favor of the Gothic styles. Norman Architecture was a subdivision of Romanesque as it pulled many elements from the Roman style. Several of the key characteristics include the semi-circular arch from the Roman style, large cylindrical pillars, thick walls, and small windows.

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Decorated Gothic

Decorated Gothic began around 1200 and lasted till the 1300s. The style being Gothic utilized pointed arches compared to the rounded arches utilized previously by the Norman style. As Gothic Architecture evolved distinctive patterns emerged. Several of these distinctive elements that made up the Decorated Gothic style include elegant tracery of the very large windows.

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Perpendicular Gothic

Perpendicular Gothic, also known as the Rectilinear Period, was built upon the Decorated Gothic style in its highly decorated and elaborate style. The main change that was introduced were emphasis on vertical lines.

Section 2: Deliverable

Pictures (as many ones taken by me as possible) illustrating the differences between the styles, as well as a description explaining the key differences.

Norman vs. Perpendicular

Perpendicular vs. Decorated

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Conclusion

In this section, provide a summary or recap of your work, as well as potential areas of further inquiry (for yourself, future students, or other researchers).

References

Add a references section; consult the Help page for details about inserting citations in this page. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/medieval-part-1/architecture/

http://www.buildinghistory.org/style/romanesque.shtml

St. Johns at White Tower - http://www.hrp.org.uk

The architecture of Norman England by Eric Fernie

The English decorated style Jean Bony

The perpendicular style by John Harvey

External Links

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Image Gallery

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