Gothic cathedral
By: Sierra Williams

THE SPEICAL FEATUrES OF CATHEDRAL

• Pointed arches- they are stronger and can hold more
• Flying buttress- to support the pointed arch so it doesn't fall
• Higher and thinner- the walls are higher to be close to God and thinner for more space
• Stained glass windows- brings light in room and tell the story of God to
• people who couldn't read

HISTORY

• Abbot Suger of St. Denis set out to rebuild the choir of his abbey
• church. The design he employed represented the birth of a new
• style of architecture, the French style, which was later called Gothic
• Most of the gothic cathedral were built in France.

Bourges Cathedral

• The background is the Bourges Cathedral
• Paintings- usually frescos of the crucfixication
• The glass paintings- they added light and beauty but also showed the intrustions
• of the church.
• I picked this cathedral because it was one of the first cathedral

INTRESTING FACTS ABOUT GOTHIC CATHEDRAL

• Interesting Fact: Before a person died, the bishop or one of the church workers
• can either dye it, paint it, or add some coloring to make the glass a certain color.
• the glass a certain colors.
• Another interesting fact: chirstans who usually have the floor of the cathedral as the shape of a cross

WORK CITED

• library.thinkquest.org/10098/cathedrals.htm
• http://fourriverscharter.org/projects/Inventions/pages/
• europe_gothiccathedrals.htm