Being in school made me dislike learning about art and many different things, now that I get a little bit older I absolutely love learning about as many different things as possible. Thank you for making these very interesting videos again and again, I really appreciate it!
Gothic architecture is my favorite kind of architecture. Every time I see a gothic cathedral, I feel like there is something mysterious that we don't know and probably our ancestors know since they built it.
Listening and watching you is a quick and a mere escape from my monotonous life to what I really like, art. The terminology you use and the way you describe it on screen enamors me a lot. Much love from Turkey
Thank you for another great video! People may not realise how common these huge gothic beauties are in Western Europe. You find them all over the place.
I read about Gothic style in a book this morning, but the description was not very in-depth. So glad I found your video! I love the conversation style, and all the visual cues you used in the video to guide our attention to the part you are describing, very informative and engaging! Thank you for making content like this to help us learn more about art! :)
I love your thorough explanations at @3:23! From a point of visual art, it looks so delicate - but architect back then knew what they were doing and it doubles up as a strong structural system. These buildings last a lifetime; well over centuries even
Thank you so much for this explanation! Amazing architecture! I remember reading about this in Ken Follet's The Pillars of Earth, where the building of cathedrals in the Middle Ages is described
I love Gothic architecture, especially in northern Europe where it reached it's zenith. Use of sacred geometry and the marvels of the day were/are unsurpassed in structure and aesthetics.
As a first time visitor, I was wondering why they are talking about pointed arches. The explanation that followed had me floored. I didn't know that there was so much depth to Gothic architecture and the thought process in general
Very well done. Pointed arches were in use in romanesque churches but not so lightly. This is a superbly prototypical gothic church of course, but mostly you see buildings with mixed structures and mixed styles.
My favorite style of architecture. :) I think man hit his peak with this form of building. I've never set foot in another space that had the effect on me that these cathedrals have. It was a brilliant move from the Romanesque (which can be lovely and impressive), to actually using light and color as 'materials'. I'm sure these cathedrals knocked the socks off 13th cent. visitors, because they still have that effect on most 21st cent. visitors.
What happened to the engineering achievements of the Gothic after that period such as the pointed arches, groin vaults, and buttresses? Did the Renaissance and Baroque forsake those features, or did they just hide them?
These developments remain in use but are transformed and sometimes hidden, for example: St Paul's Cathedral in London hides its flying buttresses: ua-cam.com/video/BmsejntbXRw/v-deo.html
Great video essay! Explaining history and architecture as well as culture and the faith that drove people to build structures taking 100-200 years to complete to last 1000 years. What is missing from our cultures now? We throw up trashy buildings in 2-3 years to last 50 years only
I'm so mad about the "bigger windows, thinner walls" remix that popped into my head. I'm not mad about the "light has a magical quality" quote. Minor existential crisis there, it was very satisfying.
Not sure if anybody said it already but at 1:16 it should say "ribbed vault" under pointed arch, instead of groin vault (because that's what you get when you join 4 barrel vaults together, meaning it is actually a romanesque structure)
@alanisdepaz5379 Your correction is not correct. A groin vault can result from the intersection of two rounded vaults, two pointed vaults, or even one pointed and one rounded vault.
pointed arches were taken from the ibn tulun mosque (built in the 9th century) in Egypt by venetian traders their completely islamic in origin @@heliedecastanet1882
They've laid their point across. No need for longer videos with bunch of nonsense embellishments. I personally like this short but full of important information types of videos. Plus, in this way, they can make more short videos than long boring ones.
Gothic to me was always better than neo classical or Greek/ roman classical style. It follows the rules of classicism but with different patterns and more ornament.
Because the pointed arch in moorish/arabic art isn't structural but decorative. Gothic architecture (aka frankish art) on the other hand was reliant on the structural properties of the pointed arch, its aesthetic properties were only an afterthought. What was achieved in terms of height and space in 13th century european gothic buildings (vaults culminating to 45+ meters, gigantic walls of glass supported by extremely fine walls, absurdly tall structures such as the then spire of Lincoln's cathedral which culminated to 160+ meters) is simply unheard of in the Islamic world. The aims were simply different. Moorish builders were more interested in the horizontality of the space, while their frankish counterparts were interested in verticality. In the latter case the broken arch is capital, while only accessory in the former.
@@remilenoir1271 the pointed arch was especially a creation of style in the islamic period. the rose glass and other styles were inspired by the islamic architecture. aka the frankish art saw this rise only after the crusader period.
@@starcapture3040To claim that gothic art appeared only after the crusades and use that fact to try to prove they are responsible for the rise of gothic architecture, while contact with the islamic world was already well established by that time since the 9th century; is egregious. The pointed arch existed before the arabs and the rose windows come from the occulus, a roman feature of the 5th century basilicae, way before islam was a thing. If I were daring I could even say that the pointed arch in Gothic architecture has absolutely nothing to do with the Arabs, but was in fact the result of the flat projection of two perpendiculary crossing full arches, which was a well understood technique by the first century AD romans and was greatly improved upon in the 11th century by Norman architects, leading to the gothic revolution. I know you're trying to claim the Arabs invented everything (I see you scouring the comment sections of this channel trying to bring the subject of islamic art under each video (even those about naturalistic sculpture,somehow)), perhaps owing to some superiority complex, but this will simply not do.
In Italy true gothic Style Not Exist Is ronanesque structure whit gothic element . The Milan duomo Is only church Who approaches , the only One beyond the alps. But don't to do 100% the facade have baroque elemnt...
Not a coincidence, a misunderstanding. The term Gothic was applied to this form of design much later in time than the buildings themselves, in the 19th century-perhaps the late 18th. At that time it was seen as opposing the favored Classical Revival style. The name Gothic was a way to express that this style lacked all of the refinement and rational clarity of the classical. It took some time for the Gothic to be appreciated in its own right and by that time the name had stuck.
@@smarthistoryvideos so, in the years when these "Gothic" buildings were built, they did not yet know that they were Gothic buildings? :D Impressive style for 5-6-7th cent. especially Whitby abbey or Lindisfarne priory. What is very interesting and mysterious is that most of these buildings were built on the ruins of old buildings, much earlier before the Roman Empire.
It's even more complex, the Gothic begins in the 12th century, see our videos on St. Denis and Chartres. Before that was the Romanesque which begins around 1000. Before that, styles are more regional but also influenced by the Byzantine Empire. If you visit our site, smarthistory.org you will find all of this and much more.
You mean that the pointed arch and the vaulting techniques and the fluing butress and gothic architecture weren't STOLEN, lock, stock, and barrel from Moslem "saracen" Spain and Sicily and the middle East? 🤔
A more critical analysis than your oversimplification would reveal that the moorish pointed arch was primarily decorative and could as easily be replaced in moorish buildings by full or horseshoe arches without putting their structural integrity at risk. On the other hand, such pointed arches were absolutely primordial to the structural integrity of gothic buildings, their aesthetic being merely a second thought. Moorish architects wanted to achieve a sense of horizontality. Frankish architects wanted to achieve a sense of verticality. In Moorish architecture this could be served by any kind of arch. Thus making the choice of the pointed arch an aesthetic one. In frankish architecture this could be served best by the pointed arch. Thus making the choice of the pointed arch a structural one.
@Rémi Lenoir .. the Goths were a race of people that lived side by side with the moors as they ruled Europe for 700+ years before being exiled, all architecture after 1492 is up for discussion.
Being in school made me dislike learning about art and many different things, now that I get a little bit older I absolutely love learning about as many different things as possible.
Thank you for making these very interesting videos again and again, I really appreciate it!
Same. Proof that kids going to school so young is stupid.
But the parents have to work I guess.
I love Gothic architecture especially in Spain where their is a beautiful blend of Arabic & Gothic Architecture not seen anywhere else.
Is there a specific name of that Hybrid architecture?
@@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 perhaps it was called Andalusian architecture
@@systemreactive4092 Thanks.
Gothic architecture is my favorite kind of architecture. Every time I see a gothic cathedral, I feel like there is something mysterious that we don't know and probably our ancestors know since they built it.
I absolutely love this channel, and your soothing voices of narration. I have learned sooo much from you! ❤
Listening and watching you is a quick and a mere escape from my monotonous life to what I really like, art. The terminology you use and the way you describe it on screen enamors me a lot. Much love from Turkey
I will never thank you enough for posting your videos they are so interesting, well-made and helpful for my studies!
Wonderful to hear. We wish you the best in your studies.
Thank you smarthistory! I’m studying art history to become a conservationist and your videos always sum up the coolest facts❤
Thank you for another great video!
People may not realise how common these huge gothic beauties are in Western Europe. You find them all over the place.
I read about Gothic style in a book this morning, but the description was not very in-depth. So glad I found your video! I love the conversation style, and all the visual cues you used in the video to guide our attention to the part you are describing, very informative and engaging! Thank you for making content like this to help us learn more about art! :)
these videos are just spectacular! these videos are so concise and the energy is just perfect. I can't wait to binge everything!
Beautiful! I just finished some wainscoting in my hallway that incorporated a Gothic arch. I could only imagine building something as great as this.
wow 👏 id love to see it! I just bought a home and looking for inspiration. I love goth and hope to be able to incorporate it
I love your thorough explanations at @3:23! From a point of visual art, it looks so delicate - but architect back then knew what they were doing and it doubles up as a strong structural system. These buildings last a lifetime; well over centuries even
Well presented.
Thank you! I've been wanting to learn about architecture history, but it's difficult to start when you don't know some of the basics. This helps!
love this channel so much, I get so much out of it, thanks for doing what you do.
Light as a perfect metaphor indeed
Fantastic video!
Gothic Architecture is one of the most influential in the history, the details are amazing😊😊
Thank you so much for this explanation! Amazing architecture! I remember reading about this in Ken Follet's The Pillars of Earth, where the building of cathedrals in the Middle Ages is described
I love Gothic architecture, especially in northern Europe where it reached it's zenith. Use of sacred geometry and the marvels of the day were/are unsurpassed in structure and aesthetics.
Great video. Thanks.
Liked the video as the music in the intro was playing.
As a first time visitor, I was wondering why they are talking about pointed arches. The explanation that followed had me floored. I didn't know that there was so much depth to Gothic architecture and the thought process in general
Very well done. Pointed arches were in use in romanesque churches but not so lightly. This is a superbly prototypical gothic church of course, but mostly you see buildings with mixed structures and mixed styles.
Thank you God bless you amen
My favorite style of architecture. :) I think man hit his peak with this form of building. I've never set foot in another space that had the effect on me that these cathedrals have. It was a brilliant move from the Romanesque (which can be lovely and impressive), to actually using light and color as 'materials'. I'm sure these cathedrals knocked the socks off 13th cent. visitors, because they still have that effect on most 21st cent. visitors.
just so good, you guys are fantastic
Thank you!
Lots of good points in this video.
What happened to the engineering achievements of the Gothic after that period such as the pointed arches, groin vaults, and buttresses? Did the Renaissance and Baroque forsake those features, or did they just hide them?
These developments remain in use but are transformed and sometimes hidden, for example: St Paul's Cathedral in London hides its flying buttresses: ua-cam.com/video/BmsejntbXRw/v-deo.html
Great video essay! Explaining history and architecture as well as culture and the faith that drove people to build structures taking 100-200 years to complete to last 1000 years.
What is missing from our cultures now? We throw up trashy buildings in 2-3 years to last 50 years only
The most beautiful gothic
church you find in Kiedrich /
Rheingau / Germany . 🇩🇪
Thank you for this video
My home will feature gothic architectural elements like this one day
Wonderful!
Just imagine the scaffolding to make these wonderful structures
Wonderful description and explanation. Very well done. I like your whispering…like we’re learning secrets and also being quiet inside a church. Ha ha.
Mostly the latter, we record onsite and made this audio inside the Minster.
I'm so mad about the "bigger windows, thinner walls" remix that popped into my head.
I'm not mad about the "light has a magical quality" quote. Minor existential crisis there, it was very satisfying.
So schön gemacht !!
You should show some of the Ostrogothic and Visigothic architectural elements that were heavily utilized in later gothic architecture.
hey just so yall know my collage is using yalls video to teach an online class its very helpful!
So glad to hear that. Please say hello from us to your teacher and to your fellow students.
Not sure if anybody said it already but at 1:16 it should say "ribbed vault" under pointed arch, instead of groin vault (because that's what you get when you join 4 barrel vaults together, meaning it is actually a romanesque structure)
@alanisdepaz5379 Your correction is not correct. A groin vault can result from the intersection of two rounded vaults, two pointed vaults, or even one pointed and one rounded vault.
I can't decide if y'all are ex-golf announcers or PBS hosts.
My favorite memories of gothic churches were England when I visited the Salsbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.
We have videos on both those churches and more.
@@smarthistoryvideos I will have too check them out. Thanks!
Does Gothic architecture has Influence from moor Spain?
Was it creates by templars?
The first Gothic cathedrals are the basilica Saint-Denis and the cathedral of Sens, in France. They have nothing to do with the Templars though.
pointed arches were taken from the ibn tulun mosque (built in the 9th century) in Egypt by venetian traders their completely islamic in origin @@heliedecastanet1882
Love your videos, thank you! Major criticism, though: why are they so short?! :D
They've laid their point across. No need for longer videos with bunch of nonsense embellishments. I personally like this short but full of important information types of videos. Plus, in this way, they can make more short videos than long boring ones.
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Unpopular opinion maybe but I like Gothic Architecture more than Neo-Classical
Gothic to me was always better than neo classical or Greek/ roman classical style. It follows the rules of classicism but with different patterns and more ornament.
those pointed arches originated from india...
why the islamic influence and middle eastern was omitted?
Because the pointed arch in moorish/arabic art isn't structural but decorative.
Gothic architecture (aka frankish art) on the other hand was reliant on the structural properties of the pointed arch, its aesthetic properties were only an afterthought.
What was achieved in terms of height and space in 13th century european gothic buildings (vaults culminating to 45+ meters, gigantic walls of glass supported by extremely fine walls, absurdly tall structures such as the then spire of Lincoln's cathedral which culminated to 160+ meters) is simply unheard of in the Islamic world.
The aims were simply different. Moorish builders were more interested in the horizontality of the space, while their frankish counterparts were interested in verticality. In the latter case the broken arch is capital, while only accessory in the former.
Pointed arches existed before Islam and were used in the Roman Empire before Islam as well
@@remilenoir1271 the pointed arch was especially a creation of style in the islamic period. the rose glass and other styles were inspired by the islamic architecture. aka the frankish art saw this rise only after the crusader period.
@@surfsands arches existed even before rome or greece but the pointed arch was especially created in the islamic period.
@@starcapture3040To claim that gothic art appeared only after the crusades and use that fact to try to prove they are responsible for the rise of gothic architecture, while contact with the islamic world was already well established by that time since the 9th century; is egregious.
The pointed arch existed before the arabs and the rose windows come from the occulus, a roman feature of the 5th century basilicae, way before islam was a thing.
If I were daring I could even say that the pointed arch in Gothic architecture has absolutely nothing to do with the Arabs, but was in fact the result of the flat projection of two perpendiculary crossing full arches, which was a well understood technique by the first century AD romans and was greatly improved upon in the 11th century by Norman architects, leading to the gothic revolution.
I know you're trying to claim the Arabs invented everything (I see you scouring the comment sections of this channel trying to bring the subject of islamic art under each video (even those about naturalistic sculpture,somehow)), perhaps owing to some superiority complex, but this will simply not do.
In Italy true gothic Style Not Exist Is ronanesque structure whit gothic element . The Milan duomo Is only church Who approaches , the only One beyond the alps. But don't to do 100% the facade have baroque elemnt...
It is coincidence, that this style is call " Gothic ", and old race, who ruled between [1700bc - 500 ad] in Europe were Goths?
Not a coincidence, a misunderstanding. The term Gothic was applied to this form of design much later in time than the buildings themselves, in the 19th century-perhaps the late 18th. At that time it was seen as opposing the favored Classical Revival style. The name Gothic was a way to express that this style lacked all of the refinement and rational clarity of the classical. It took some time for the Gothic to be appreciated in its own right and by that time the name had stuck.
@@smarthistoryvideos thanks,
@@smarthistoryvideos so, in the years when these "Gothic" buildings were built, they did not yet know that they were Gothic buildings? :D Impressive style for 5-6-7th cent. especially Whitby abbey or Lindisfarne priory. What is very interesting and mysterious is that most of these buildings were built on the ruins of old buildings, much earlier before the Roman Empire.
It's even more complex, the Gothic begins in the 12th century, see our videos on St. Denis and Chartres. Before that was the Romanesque which begins around 1000. Before that, styles are more regional but also influenced by the Byzantine Empire. If you visit our site, smarthistory.org you will find all of this and much more.
The pointed arch was borrowed from Islamic architecture.
You mean that the pointed arch and the vaulting techniques and the fluing butress and gothic architecture weren't STOLEN, lock, stock, and barrel from Moslem "saracen" Spain and Sicily and the middle East? 🤔
Gothic aka Moorish.
You wish😪
A more critical analysis than your oversimplification would reveal that the moorish pointed arch was primarily decorative and could as easily be replaced in moorish buildings by full or horseshoe arches without putting their structural integrity at risk.
On the other hand, such pointed arches were absolutely primordial to the structural integrity of gothic buildings, their aesthetic being merely a second thought.
Moorish architects wanted to achieve a sense of horizontality.
Frankish architects wanted to achieve a sense of verticality.
In Moorish architecture this could be served by any kind of arch. Thus making the choice of the pointed arch an aesthetic one.
In frankish architecture this could be served best by the pointed arch. Thus making the choice of the pointed arch a structural one.
@Rémi Lenoir .. the Goths were a race of people that lived side by side with the moors as they ruled Europe for 700+ years before being exiled, all architecture after 1492 is up for discussion.
@@ogindigo No.