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"They can write and talk all they like about Chartres Cathedral's high-flying feats of Gothic - the rib vaults, the gravity, the fenestration - but what caught my delight that morning was the peace of the youthful day, the blue hues of semi-darkness, the sound of our footsteps on the original medieval floor."
1.Fenestration the arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building. http://merriam-webster.com
2.Gothic Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. Originating in 12th-century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during the period as Opus Francigenum ("French work") with the term Gothic first appearing during the latter part of the Renaissance. Its characteristics include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress. Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls, universities and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings. Wikipedia
1.Fenestration the arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building. http://merriam-webster.com
2.Gothic Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. Originating in 12th-century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during the period as Opus Francigenum ("French work") with the term Gothic first appearing during the latter part of the Renaissance. Its characteristics include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress. Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls, universities and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings. Wikipedia
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