He was an architect and builder rolled into one. The Gothic Cathedral brought ordinary people closer to God literally. The size and scale of the Cathedral made people experience Heaven vicariously on Earth. The Gothic Cathedral lifted Medevil minds out of the dirt and darkness of everyday life creating an other-worldly experience. The growing power and prestige of the bishops combined with the architectural development and design of the churches. In the twelfth century, bishops became independent of the secular power and took their destiny, and that of the Church, into their own hands. A cathedral is a church which contains a cathedra or a throne for a bishop. The purpose of building Gothic cathedrals was to build a temple worthy of God.
The critics called San Danien Gothic naming the churches architectural style after the Goths who were barbarian invaders during the Dark and early Middle Ages. Critics scoffed at the appearance because it was unusual and bizarre like no other Cathedral before. It was the Church of San Danien (Saint Denis) designed by Abbot Suger. just outside of Paris, France the first Gothic Cathedral was completed and dedicated in ceremony. Therefore, the Romanesque church appeared dreary and dark resembling a castle. Because of the lacking of support, they had very few or no windows. The walls had to support all of the roof since there were no pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses and other supports. It had rounded arches, so thick walls were needed.
Romanesque architecture proceeded the gothic architectural style.How is it different from Romanesque architecture? It is also the architecture of many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls, universities and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings. Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of Europe.
It is common for major church buildings to show examples from all three of these periods. The building between 1200 to 1300 is usually referred to as Early English between 1300 to 1400, the style of building is referred to as Decorated and from 1400 to 1500, it is known as Perpendicular. Such a large time span meant that a number of styles developed within Gothic architecture and it is common to divide these styles into three sections.
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