Looking back at todays lesson, one thing I was inspired to look further into was english gothic architecture. As I am a huge fan of architecture and want to study it, it made sense for me to blog about it.
The earliest buildings are known to be built around 1144, these buildings are still here today, Westminster Abbey, Durham cathedral and Canterbury cathedral. The gothic idea came from France, it was inspired by a building named Basilisque Saint-Denis.
Romanesque buildings usually used round arches, high ceilings, lancet windows and naive isles. These were all made from stone similarly to the Norman style architecture. Windows would be subdivided by closely parallel mullions, these would express as much light and gave a sense of openness along with the dark stone, Interiors of this period often feature tall columns of more slender and elegant form than in previous periods.vaulting became more elaborate, with the use of increasing number of ribs, initially for structural and then aesthetic reasons. Universities and churches started to be built in this style, to this day places like The Divinity School Oxford are still very popular for their unique shapes and sizes.
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