Medieval Cathedrals

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Medieval Cathedrals

• Took years to build
• Often were the extensions of pre-existing
  churches
• Meant to reflect the eternal nature of God
• Paid for by rich patronswhy is that significant?
• Building was in the shape of a crossfaced east,
  toward Jerusalem
• Religious symbolism in the architecture
• Arches, flying buttresses, giant glass
  windowsthis is the beginning of Gothic
  Architecture

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Cathedral Design
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St. Denisnear Paris
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St. Chapel, Paris
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