At the beginning of the 12th century, a new building style suddenly appeared in France and revolutionised the dark Middle Ages \u2013 the Gothic style.
\nInstead of the massive, dark and fortified structures of the Romanesque period, the building style of the Early Middle Ages, everywhere in Europe the masterpieces of this new filigree architecture, the cathedrals, appeared within a short period.
\nThey were higher and larger than everything that had been built so far and yet appeared to be of a mystic lightness.
\nTheir walls seemed to be dissolved in a sea of light and colour.
\nFor about 300 years the cathedrals dominated the cities in Europe and their appearance fascinates still today.
\nBut how was this sudden change of style at all possible? Where did the ideas for the new buildings come from? And what was the importance of the Gothic style for the people back then?
\nAll architects face the problem of how to support the weight of a building with roof and masonry.
\nThe Romanesque builders erected thick walls with few windows, which solidly carried the church roof.
\nHowever, if you wanted to build higher churches, the walls collapsed under their own weight and the weight of the roof.
\nThe architects of the Gothic era hit upon the idea of distributing the weight of the roof and walls onto buttresses outside the edifice.
\nAs the walls did not have to support so much weight anymore, they could be pierced with larger windows thus allowing more light to flood into the interior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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