Architecture and Design
Audie Santos
6/7/13
June 7th, 2013
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| The Gothic arch |
Today in class we learned more about architecture in the past. The most reputable works of architecture seems to be coming from Europe's Gothic architecture. Though other countries are well balanced in form, and ingenuity, Gothic architecture has gargantuan size and elegance combined together, and put into one building. Gothic architecture revived the Roman arch and made it their own by putting a point. No only is it more stable, but it looks much better. The Gothic arch is used in many of the medieval churches and really add to the overall power of the church. When a series of arches were connected to form a ceiling, that is referred to as a vault.
http://www.sirgeorgetrevelyan.org.uk/books/thtbk-arch02.html
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| A picture of the Ca'd Oro |
The Ca'd Oro is a place in Venice, Italy where Doges or rulers too residence in this building. There are many vaulted ceilings on the interior. Also, both styles of arches were used on the exterior. The building floats on the Grand Canal of Venice. The time to build this took decades due to the construction material, and the fact that the workers had to haul the heavy marble slabs and sculpt it in order to see through the vision of the architects.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca_dOro_Venice_Italy.jpg
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