St.-Martin-des-Champs, Paris, 1130s Clues in smaller churches in the Ile- de-France Wall buttresses that anticipate flying Gothic buttress: narrow but deep high placing in relation to vault springings Choir of St.-Denis – first flying buttresses? reconstruction of the 1140-44 upper stories
Clues in smaller churches in the Ile-de-France. St.-Martin-des-Champs, Paris, 1130s. Choir of St.-Denis – first flying buttresses?. reconstruction of the 1140-44 upper stories. Wall buttresses that anticipate flying Gothic buttress: narrow but deep - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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St.-Martin-des-Champs, Paris, 1130s
Clues in smaller churches in the Ile-de-France
Wall buttresses that anticipate flying Gothic buttress:
narrow but deep
high placing in relation to vault springings
Choir of St.-Denis – first flying buttresses?
reconstruction of the 1140-44 upper stories
Clues in smaller churches in the Ile-de-France
St.-Martin-des-Champs, 1130s Choir of St.-Denis – ring of light
Wilson: Basic principle of Gothic aesthetics derive from the pointed arch – unity through increasing the number and reducing the autonomy of the elements of design
Île de la Cité in Paris – home to cathedral and royal palace