Gothic Church Interiors

Gothic architecture gothic cathedrals and churches are religious buildings created in europe between the mid 12th century and the beginning of the 16th century.

Gothic church interiors. The cathedrals are notable particularly for their great height and their extensive use of stained glass to fill the interiors with light. When you take a trip to europe you ll inevitably encounter one of the hundreds of gothic cathedrals that dot the landscape. Sep 8 2016 gorgeous church cathedral interiors.

Initially houckgeest painted like his master van bassen mainly fantasy architecture. It is also the architecture of many castles palaces town halls guildhalls universities and less prominently today private dwellings. For centuries before this churches were smaller buildings with dark interiors so by contrast gothic churches were celebrations of light and divine grandeur.

Gothic architecture architectural style in europe that lasted from the mid 12th century to the 16th century particularly a style of masonry building characterized by cavernous spaces with the expanse of walls broken up by overlaid tracery. We have renovated small chapels that seat less than 100 people to large sanctuaries cathedrals that seat over 5 000 including many churches on the historical registry. Built during the 12th through 16th centuries these medieval.

Based on a more sophisticated version of plank style doors gothic doors often feature what is known as frame and plank construction. Chartres cathedral chartres cathedral france. Identifiable through features such as.

Has participated in over 12 000 renovations and remodeling projects. Since 1981 church interiors inc. A gothic church interior gerard houckgeest was born in the hague and received his training there from bartholomeus van bassen.

See more ideas about cathedral gothic gothic architecture. Oct 20 2014 explore robyn klinock woods s board gothic revival interior followed by 115 people on pinterest. This changed however around 1650 when he began to paint existing buildings.