Surviving+Architecture

=Medieval Cathedrals by Wesley Warner and Olivia Leroux= media type="youtube" key="O5Z1gxGhRQQ" height="385" width="480" media type="custom" key="6103495" ^^ complete power point.

vv Cathedrals Flyover as well.



builing catherdrals Surviving Architecture
 * HOW THEY'RE MADE, CITATIONS & SMALL WRITE UPS FOR MATERIALS & STYLES

Olivia Leroux & Wesley Warner

=http://www.topcastles.com/= check it out! Mr. T.

Also check out the Google Earth suggestions on the "Class Resources" page. I put a Medieval Castles Google Earth "Flyover tour" on there for you guys to use as an example.

(architecture from 500 a.d to 1500 a.d) general subtopics:
 * general topic: Medieval Churches (Cathedrals)

-styles of architecture [|Gothic Architecute-WikiPedia] [|Images]

Gothic architecture is a name that evolved along with the Medieval era. First know as "the French style," this type of architecture evolved from Romanesque style construction and was given the name "gothic" during the conclusion of the Renaissance. With a great range of designs, gothic architecture was applied to several cathedrals, parish churches, abbeys, palaces, castles and many more famous structures of Europe. Different styles of architecture were used to symbolize different emotions. For example, many cathedrals and churches were used to show power and emit powerful emotions throughout the structure. Religious structures were symbolic of nature,

ordinary material used to build medieval architecture,
 * types: flying buttress, ogival, ribbed vault, pointed arch, wood was used only for support (mainly for flying buttresses) and was not an

-timeline/evolution [|Partial Timeline]

-how they were built The time in which the cathedrals were built was a very uncertain time. life expectancy was short, food was scarce, population was low, and finances were lacking. Builders had to build on a huge scale without access to time saving tools that we have today, like cranes and hoists... To build a cathedral stonecarvers, carpenters, a master mason, an architect, a master stone cutter, laborers, a stone dresser, a black smith, plumbers, a roofer, mortar makers, a glazier or glass maker, a stained glass craftsman, and sculptors were needed...


 * materials: limestone, red sandstone, green Purbeck marble

-uses**

The cathedral is a symbol of god, his power, and how people respected him. It was saw that the more splendid the architecture, the more that church praised god.
The Roman Catholic Church was the largets unifying structure in medieval Europe. Other than a small number of Jews, it touched everyone's life from the high class to the

http://www.claymoreslinger.com/medieval_cathedral.aspevolution of medieval churches:

[|Medieval Church Evolution]**http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_church_architecture.htm about the building os the churches

http://highmiddleages.suite101.com/article.cfm/building_a_medieval_cathedral building the ctherdrals

[|Medieval Church Architecture History Timeline] []


 * Olivia**: The link to the power point is up top, do your slides and we're all done :)
 * Wes**: okay sounds good.
 * Olivia:** is the google earth flyover finished?
 * Wes**: yeah i just finished it up