Vocabulary Words:  fan vaulting        flamboyant     flying buttress 
                                  rayonant        rose window         tracery         triforium
                                    nominalism       Neo-Platonism      pieta    portal
                                   crossing spier


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                       Chapter Eighteen
    The Age of the Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art
On the left is a Gothic cathedral and on the right is a Romanesque church.  Compare and contrast them with the list below.



                                                                             Architecture:
                                                                            Function/Cultural Context
                                                                            Building Techniques
                                                                            Location/Site/Orientation
                                                                            Architectural Style and Conventions
                                                                            Sculptural Decoration
                                                                            Axis/Plan/Organization
                                                                            Scale/Proportion
                                                                            Space/Light

Left image:                                                                                                                                     Right image:
Name of work of art:_____________________  Name of work of art:________________________
Date:________________                                              Date:____________________
Period or Style:________________________    Period or STyle:__________________________

Material/Technique:____________________    Material/Technique:_______________________
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Similarity #1__________________________    Similarity #1_____________________________
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Difference #1_________________________    Difference #1____________________________
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Difference #2_________________________    Difference #2_____________________________
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Difference #3________________________        Difference #3____________________________
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Difference #4_______________________           Difference #4____________________________
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Name:________________________