ARCHITECTURE HISTORY

Architecture History



Architecture History

Introduction

It is an academically proven fact that comparison and contrast is best understood when the subject matters are discussed separately. Therefore, for the sake of lucid understanding of this complex topic, we shall discuss the three different architecture, namely French, English and Italian Gothic separately.

Washington National Cathedral

Washington National Cathedral, whose authorized title is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church established in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It is of neogothic conceive, and it is the sixth biggest cathedral in the world, the second biggest in the United States, and the fourth biggest structure in Washington, D.C.

The cathedral is the chair of both the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church and its bishop of the Diocese of Washington, created of the District of Columbia and the Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's, and St. Mary's shires in Maryland. It is an aide constituent of the Washington Theological Consortium.

The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, under the authority of the nine Bishops of Washington, erected the cathedral under a vessel for charter passed by the United States Congress on January 6, 1893. Construction started on September 29, 1907, when the base pebble was prepared in the occurrence of President Theodore Roosevelt and a gathering of more than 20,000. Construction continued 83 years. The last finial was put in the occurrence of President George H. W. Bush in 1990. The base functions and capital the cathedral, which does not obtain government funding.

The cathedral is established at Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues in the northwest quadrant of Washington. In 2007, it was graded third on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.

Architecture Analysis

Its last conceive displays a blend of leverages from the diverse Gothic architectural methods of the Middle Ages, identifiable in its sharp arches, soaring buttresses, a kind of ceiling vaulting, stained-glass windows and carved adornments in pebble, and by its three alike towers, two on the west front and one surmounting the crossing.

Washington National Cathedral comprises of a long, slender rectangular mass formed by a nine-bay nave with broad edge aisles and a five-bay chancel, intersected by a six embayment transept. Above the traversing, increasing 91 m (301 ft) overhead the ground, is the Gloria in Excelsis Tower. Its peak, at 206 m (676 ft) overhead ocean grade, is the largest issue in Washington; the Pilgrim Observation Gallery—which lives at a space about 3/4ths of the way up in the west-end towers—provides clearing outlooks of the city. In total, the cathedral is 115 m (375 ft) overhead ocean level. Unique in North America, the centered tower has two full groups of chimes — a 53-bell carillon and a 10-bell peal for change ringing; the change chimes are rung by constituents of the Washington Ringing Society. The cathedral is seated on a prepared 57 acre (230,000 m²) contrive on Mount Saint Alban.

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