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Gothic
For nearly four hundred years Gothic style dominated the architecture of
Western Europe. It originated in northern France in the twelfth century, and
spread rapidly across England and the Continent, invading the old Viking empire
of Scandinavia. It confronted the Byzantine provinces of Central Europe and
even made appearances in the near East and the Americas. Gothic architects
designed town halls, royal ....
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.... Heavenly City of
Jerusalem."3 The Gothic interpretation of this point of view was a cathedral so
grand that seems to belittle the man who enters it, for space, light, structure
and the plastic effects of the stonework are made to produce a visionary scale.
The result of the Gothic style is distortion as there is no fixed set of
proportions in the parts. Such architecture did not only express the physical
and spiritual needs of the Church, but a ....
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