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Does Anyone Care About Gothic or Romanesque Architecture Here?

GothicKing

I am just wondering what people's opinions are on Gothic and Romanesque architecture, and why.

 
Sep 9, 19 12:07 pm

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senjohnblutarsky

Which of my opinions do you want?

Sep 9, 19 12:45 pm  · 
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Non Sequitur

I have opinions as well.

Sep 9, 19 1:35 pm  · 
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atelier nobody

"Care about" in what way? I love a lot of Medieval architecture, and even more some of the 18th-19th Century revival stuff (Neuschwanstein, anyone?), but I certainly don't think we need another revival.

Sep 9, 19 1:38 pm  · 
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Almosthip7

We need more gargoyles and wrought iron.

Sep 9, 19 1:45 pm  · 
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citizen

Can you ever really have enough gargoyles?

Sep 9, 19 2:24 pm  · 
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Almosthip7

I certainly don’t think so

Sep 9, 19 2:33 pm  · 
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Jaetten

I work on ecclesiastical buildings, including grade 1 listed. Currently working access improvements a 16th century church. 


There's some fine examples of gothic architecture what we have worked on. 


For me, the gothic arches and spires and intricate detailing to doors and windows. Something about it brings vivid imaginations of how the people were living and building at the time. 

Sep 9, 19 2:18 pm  · 
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Volunteer

Collegiate gothic is still quite popular and being built today. Stanford University is a mixure of Romanesque blended with Spanish Colonial so yes, in the real world, the styles are popular and being reinterpreted today. 

Sep 9, 19 2:20 pm  · 
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Minoan never gets enough love.

Sep 9, 19 3:35 pm  · 
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senjohnblutarsky

Proportionally, I always thought Minoan looked like the bad guys in cartoons.  Usually top heavy, tapering to the bottom.  Short legs, tiny waist.  Just... off. 

Sep 9, 19 4:03 pm  · 
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TIQM

There are good reasons why the mainland Greeks "corrected" the tectonics.

Sep 9, 19 5:52 pm  · 
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TIQM

I care.

Sep 9, 19 5:47 pm  · 
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citizen

How about some HHRichardson HHRomanesque?



Sep 9, 19 8:29 pm  · 
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Wood Guy

I'm a fan of Richardsonian Romanesque... my college advisor was a trustee of one of his houses, and she wrote a book about his work.

Sep 10, 19 9:16 am  · 
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citizen

Impossible not to admire. "Why do you love architecture so much?" can be answered with buildings like that (and others, of course).

Sep 10, 19 12:02 pm  · 
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SneakyPete

That courthouse is such a beauty .

Sep 16, 19 11:54 am  · 
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midlander

Romanesque beats gothic for beauty, but both are interesting. My opinion is allow them.

Sep 10, 19 8:19 am  · 
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threadkilla

John Ruskin would disagree vehemently with your first statement.

Sep 12, 19 4:30 pm  · 
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Archlandia

Pointed arches, flying buttresses and ribbed vaults > everything else

Sep 10, 19 12:04 pm  · 
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oldwhitehouse

I am fortunate to work restoring 18th and 19th century architectural woodwork in New England. Certainly close to zero of the Classical is utilized in present day construction. 



Sep 13, 19 10:26 am  · 
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archanonymous

Gothic was modernism before the Renaissance.

Sep 13, 19 3:39 pm  · 
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citizen

+++ Exactly right.

Sep 13, 19 5:17 pm  · 
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archanonymous

I highly recommend following Jerry Larsen (@thearchitectureprofessor) on Instagram, he recently had a great series of posts on the Gothic and William LeBarron Jenney's treatise on it and influence on early american architecture.

Sep 13, 19 6:06 pm  · 
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TIQM

how is the Gothic “modernism”?

Sep 15, 19 1:31 pm  · 
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citizen

Folks have written on this at length, but in a nutshell the similarities include the bold use of new technology and structural forms to span greater heights and lengths; the much larger openings and areas of glass this allows; all to achieve a new building type that defines an epoch architecturally and culturally. (My take, anyway.)

Sep 16, 19 1:04 pm  · 
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