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Medieval Architecture
Title: Medieval Architecture
Category: Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 1711 | Pages: 7.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Medieval Architecture
There were two main styles of architecture in the middle ages. Gothic style architecture
included big churches called cathedrals. Cathedrals had tall skyscraper-like towers. They
made them that way to get people to look up in the sky and think of God. Gothic
architecture involved lots of big windows of stained glass. The Gothic style was developed
fully in France and England during the 12th century. By the 13th century, Gothic style
spread to Germany. …showed first 75 words of 1711 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1711 total…heads turned. Almond-shaped eyes replaced the blank, round
eyes of Romanesque days. Influenced by Byzantine sculpture, Gothic figures are long and
graceful.
The Gothic style started in France and quickly spread through all parts of western Europe.
More churches were built in this manner than in any other style in history. Even after the
Renaissance period, which began in the 15th century, brought the Middle Ages to an end,
Gothic churches continued to be built.
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