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Assignment and Video: Building Gothic Structures
The PBS series NOVA has put together a fantastic video describing the structural innovations that made Gothic architecture possible. It also showcases some of the current technologies that are being used to study and preserve these buildings.
Watch the entire video through the link below (it is just under an hour long), and then write a short response paper (250-300 words) addressing some of the following questions: What specific innovations made Gothic architecture possible? What additional measures were sometimes taken to keep them standing up? What possible symbolic connotations did the buildings have? How were viewers meant to understand and experience them?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/building-gothic-cathedrals.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
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https://vimeo.com/23970658 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
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