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Gothic Cathedrals

"Derived from the Latin word cathedra, meaning "throne," the cathedral signifies the seat of the bishop at the center of the diocese. Worthy of their administrative role, such buildings were usually quite grand, situated on hallowed sites, and replete with symbolic elements" (Humanities, Nov/Dec95, Vol. 16 Issue 6).When viewing a cathedral, one tends to see them as magnificent, sometimes stark monuments erected to worship God in a grand setting. This was indeed a major purpose of the cathedral. It is easy to overlook other functions and aspects of cathedral life which, to the fourteenth century mind would be almost as important. Cathedrals trained and educated junior clergy, they housed and accommodated pilgrims and other important visitors, they had complex financial relationships with their other cities in which they stood, they were centers of excellence for craftsmen and inspired innovation. "The cathedral reveals medieval symbolism, technology, theology, and knowledge, and reflects the changing political, social, and economic forces and conflicts surrounding its construction" (Humanities, Nov/Dec95, Vol. 16 Issue 6). Socially and politically, the cathedral played an important role both within itself, as a school for junior


SPLENDOR AND PERIL: THE CATHEDRAL OF PARIS, 1290-1350, Davis, Michael, Art Bulletin, Mar98, Vol. Parts of the cathedral where build in the later periods. The building of the Amiens cathedral went on for 60 years from 1220 to 1280. "At Chartres forty-five windows show twenty-five different tradesmen, such as butchers, bakers, money changers, shoe makers, blacksmiths, and armorers" (Humanities, Nov/Dec95, Vol. The new styles of architecture coupled with money available inspired and allowed innovation. The cathedrals of the gothic period as we see are the marvelous representation of the architecture of that time as well as of the later developments in this field. it does not give any impression of being overpowering or disproportionately huge.

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