The document provides architectural details about Notre Dame in Paris, including its construction years, dimensions, and notable features like rib vaults and flying buttresses. It also mentions Westminster Abbey in London, highlighting its religious significance and architectural style, particularly baroque. Additionally, the document touches on the characteristics of baroque architecture, emphasizing its dramatic and decorative nature.

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