The presentation tells you about the French Gothic, English Gothic, and Baroque architecture types. The characteristics and special features. Important examples of types.

2. Notre Dame, Paris
Years built - 1163–1345
(Groundbreaking-1163 to
Completed-1345)
Length - 128 m (420 ft)
Width - 48 m (157 ft)
Number of towers - 2
Tower height - 69 m (226 ft)
Number of spires - 1
Spire height - 91.44 m (300.0 ft)
Bells - 10

3. This cathedral is located on a small island 'le de la cite' in the
middle of Seine river.
The cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
The building is best known for the use of
• Rib vault
• Flying buttress
• Colourful rose windows
• Sculptural decoration
Notre Dame, Paris

4. Transept
ChoirNaveAisles
PlanningPlanning

5. The Cathedral consists -
• choir
• apse
• short transept
• a nave flanked by
double aisles
• square chapels.
• Interior (Plan)
427 X157 ft (130 X 48 m)
• Roof -115 ft (35 m)
high.

6. Pointed Arch
Two Towers - 223 feet
(68 m) high
Central Door
Rose Window
(Three great rose
windows alone retain
their 13th-century glass )

7. Extended Windows
Pointed
Arch
Pointed
Vaults
Ribs

10. • It is one of the United
Kingdom's most notable
religious buildings and the
traditional place of
coronation and burial site
for English
• Later, British monarchs.
• Nave width - 85 feet (26 m)
• Floor area - 32,000 square
feet (3,000 m2)
• Number of towers - 2
• Tower height -225 feet (69 m)
• Bells - 10
WESTMINSTER ABBEY, London

12. - AR. TAPASWINI MOHANTY

13. B A R O Q U E O R I G I N
When Baroque Architecture was started?
Where Gothic Architecture was started?

14. • Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and
melodramatic style.
• The basic elements of Renaissance architecture (domes and
colonnades)was modified in a dramatic manner and made
them higher, grander, more decorated, and more dramatic.
• Abnormal or Irregular
• Oddly-shaped pearl
A R C H I T E C T U R A L F E A T U R E S

15. • Clusters of sculpted
angels and painted
figures crowd the ceiling.
A R C H I T E C T U R A L F E A T U R E S

16. Quadratura - Illusionistic ceiling painting
A R C H I T E C T U R A L F E A T U R E S

17. Oddly Shaped Pearl - Ceiling

18. Oddly Shaped Pearl - Ceiling

19. Twisted columns

20. Grand stairway

21. Plaza / Square

22. Plaza / Square