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But to unbiassed observers, most notably architects, Gothic structures have for some time begun to reveal a sophisticated and dynamic architectural theory, and a complete design process without which much of the highly co-ordinated building procedures would have floundered.
Gothic nave design evolved from the Early Gothic four story elevation to the High Gothic three story elevation (nave arcade, triforium and clerestory). The height of the vaults also increased from 80 to 144 feet.
historiography of Gothic architecture will reveal how many writers of the past century and a half have attempted to define Gothic by emphasizing the structural and visual clarity of a system of vertical shafts that divide the walls into similar bays and define a vast three-dimensional space through their integral
28 Απρ 2008 · A history of the Gothic revival; an attempt to show how the taste for mediæval architecture, which lingered in England during the two last centuries, has since been encouraged and developed by Eastlake, Charles L. (Charles Locke), 1836-1906
Chartres Cathedral (choir, transept and nave), which is much more massive and lavishly decorated than Beauvais, took only some thirty years to construct (1194-1220's). Preoccupied with the great height of the Beauvais choir, and its symbolic value as the swan song of High Gothic, few architectural historians have attempted a careful com-
1. Gothic Architecture in Spain: Invention and Imitation Tom Nickson, Courtauld Institute of Art 2. The ‘Sumptuous Style’: Richly Decorated Gothic Churches in the Reign of Alfonso the Learned Henrik Karge, Technical University, Dresden 3. The King, the Architects and the Philosopher: Invention in Mallorcan Architecture around 1300
The Goths were a so-called barbaric tribe who held power in various regions of Europe, between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire (so, from roughly the fifth to the eighth century). They were not renowned for great achievements in architecture.
