Myra Garcia

I'm just going to start off by saying this Gothic era is one of my favorite eras of all time, For one second I do not believe that this was an era art decline. I think this was an era of fascinating Buildings and awesome glass art like the Stonemasons and sculptors looking at this glass art is just cool they way they were even able to make such detail into glass. Almost like they were trying to show you that you can make art out of anything that nothing is impossible they were getting even more creative. With the Romanesque influences you can see it in the cathedrals and the other buildings. But with the new Gothic cathedrals it says in the chapter that this was an era of “technological innovations”. I really agree with this statement because with the buildings they had lofty masonry rib vaults on point arches help by flying external buttresses and internal illuminated with mystical light steaming through huge colored glass windows. That right there just shows you the that this truly was an era of technological innovations because the way they were able to build these monstrous cathedrals is amazing. I also liked the fact that some of these cathedrals real but the name in Gothic to me they looked really big and a little spooky I mean by no mean did half of these cathedrals look anywhere near a place of worship they looked dark and gloomy almost like a haunted house. An example of what I am talking about is looking at the West Facade of Saint Maclou ,rouen France. The description for this is the high Gothic style I mean this has everything that is a description of a Gothic cathedral. Especially when you look inside some of these cathedrals too you can see the detail into all of them it may look pretty on the outside but you need to look in the inside as well the way they were able to make the many arches of each and every cathedral there are no words but How ? Just look at the inside of the Salisbury Cathedral. This cathedral at rich colors that made the place glow in a sense. Especially with the dark and the light stones and of the walls and the vaults with the dark marbles really made it stand out the most.