What is the Meaning & Definition of Gothic
Referred to as Gothic art style that characterized the last stage of the middle ages and became especially visible in architecture. Traditionally, located to the Gothic art in the space of Western Europe, while in terms of time finds it mostly from the 12th century until the 15th (although in some regions had more persistence in time). Gothic art could characterized broadly as an art of great elegance and certainly monumental compared with the simplicity or coarseness of the Romanesque style. This change is due to the alteration of the lifestyle that took place in the late period of the middle ages and which meant a slow but progressive urban growth, as well as the increase of monastic orders, for which they built large and beautiful buildings, with the flowering of social sectors, the decrease in military conflicts that were an absolute necessity of the Romanesque forts and most fortified.
The Gothic style is visible in architecture through the construction of huge buildings (cathedrals normally) that are characterized by the presence of large windows with stained glass of great beauty and complexity, element that added an important luminosity to the interior and which clearly differed with the Romanesque style. At the same time, the Gothic style leaves aside the arch to resort to a pointed or ogival arch. It represented an important work of engineering and design since, properly built, allowed to hold the structure of the building without that its walls were conducted entirely in solid material such as stone. In general, the Gothic buildings used to then reach a height much greater than those of Romanesque style, becoming so incredible constructions of impressive size.
While the painting and sculpture of the Gothic period have not highlighted both as architecture (perhaps simply by being easily identifiable latter), we cannot say that those have not existed. In this sense, Gothic painting is already observed a greater closeness to the reality observed and represented, although still remain unrealistic features like the dimension of some figures or ratios and perspectives. The same thing happened with the sculpture, which, in the majority of cases, fulfilled a decorative role of the spacious and beautiful architectural structures.
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The Gothic style is visible in architecture through the construction of huge buildings (cathedrals normally) that are characterized by the presence of large windows with stained glass of great beauty and complexity, element that added an important luminosity to the interior and which clearly differed with the Romanesque style. At the same time, the Gothic style leaves aside the arch to resort to a pointed or ogival arch. It represented an important work of engineering and design since, properly built, allowed to hold the structure of the building without that its walls were conducted entirely in solid material such as stone. In general, the Gothic buildings used to then reach a height much greater than those of Romanesque style, becoming so incredible constructions of impressive size.
While the painting and sculpture of the Gothic period have not highlighted both as architecture (perhaps simply by being easily identifiable latter), we cannot say that those have not existed. In this sense, Gothic painting is already observed a greater closeness to the reality observed and represented, although still remain unrealistic features like the dimension of some figures or ratios and perspectives. The same thing happened with the sculpture, which, in the majority of cases, fulfilled a decorative role of the spacious and beautiful architectural structures.
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