Final Post 8

      The style of Romanesque and  Gothic Cathedrals varies grealty. Romanesque Cathedrals were built more like massive forts or castles. They were able to defend themselves better because they were built in a period accustomed to a lot of war. There were towers with arrow slits and baracaded doors. Cathedrals were able to defend themselves.

     Gothic Cathedrals were more artsy and were not very strong. They had glass windows and since there were not many wars people did not need to use them to defend themselves. These Cathedrals were much more pretty.

Picture Bibliography

(figure one) Cathedral of Salmanca, facade, 11th century Shttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Cathedral_of_Salamanca_Romanesque.jpg/750px-Cathedral_of_Salamanca_Romanesque.jpg, 15 October, 2006 

(figure two) San Zeno, facade, 13th century http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/San_Zeno1.JPG/800px-San_Zeno1.JPG, 21 january 2006

(figure three) Rose Window, Inside, 13th century, http://www.visitingdc.com/images/rose-window.jpg, 13 June, 2000

(figure four) Gothic Cathedral, facade, 14th century http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/P-Gothic-cathedral.png, 9 june 2009

(figure five) Situacio catedral romanica, floorplan, 14th century

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Situaci%C3%B3_catedral_rom%C3%A0nica_Barcelona.png/567px-Situaci%C3%B3_catedral_rom%C3%A0nica_Barcelona.png, 30 october 2007

(figure six) Gothic Cathedral Parts, overview, 12th centuryhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Gothic-Cathedral-parts002.jpg/517px-Gothic-Cathedral-parts002.jpg, 7 February 2010