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• Ile-de-France where Gothic style originated
• Gothic cathedral - Served as "monuments" of a society

  organized into guilds and often acted as "city centers"
• Abbot Suger rebuilt an outmoded Carolingian basilica ni the Gothic manner.
• Choir of St. Denis - rib vault + pointed arch
• Plate tracery - patterns are made by pierced slabs of

  stones set on edge.
• Bar tracery - consisted of moulded stone
• Laon Cathedral - Its interior elevation has 4 levels and the high vault at the nave is sexpartite
• Notre Dame de Paris - the cathedral that houses the Crown of Thorns relic
• Maurice de Sully - got the idea of building Notre Dame. He was a bishop.
• Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo - a book that made the cathedral be restored.
• Notre Dame's three main portals are dedicated to - the last judgement, the virgin mary, Saint Anne
• Rose windows - large and bursting with panels of colorful stained glass, which produce amazing visual and light impact.
• Tracery - carving of stone to hold the glass in place for rose window or clerestory window.
• Flying buttresses - support the exterior of Notre Dame
• Spire - A tall, pointed tower, usually at the top of a church or cathedral
• Grotesques - gargoyle and chimeras sculptures between flying buttresses that serve to direct rainwater away from exterior walls and driving away spirits
• High Gothic - Also known as the "Rayonnant" style, a name based on the radiating spokes of the rose window
• Chartres Cathedral - It is the first building to use the flying buttress as a structural element that determined the overall exterior appearance. Mismatched towers at its west front.
• North portal reflects the Old Testament scenes and story of Mary, South portal reflects the New Testament.
• Reims Cathedral - The original church on this site was a basilica where Clovis was baptized by Saint Remi, bishop of Reims. Architect: Jean D' Orbals
• Amiens Cathedral - the climax of High

  Gothic architecture with its more slender proportions. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont and his son Regnault
• Beauvais Cathedral - also known as the S.t Peter's Cathedral; only its ambulatory and chapels were completed. The choir's ceiling is the highest in the world.
• Late Gothic - "Flamboyant" Gothic derived from the flame-like patterns of its pointed traceries; style was marked by greater attention to decoration and found its home outside lle-de-France
• St. Elisabeth - Houses the golden shrine which previously contained the body of St. Elisabeth of Hungary
• hallenkirche - aisles are same height as nave.
• Liebfrauenkirche - Its floor plan follows the twelve

  petalled rose, which is a symbol of the Virgin Mary (Rosa Mystica)
• Salisbury Cathedral - english gothic; decorated and perpendicular
• Milan Cathedral - Construction of the Cathedral began in 1386 under the direction of Archbishop Antonio da Saluzzo. Dedicated to the nativity of St. Mary
• Milan Cathedral is made of brick and condoglia marble
• Ananda temple - located centrally, for it stands as a

  representation of the cultural heritage and

  spiritual significance of the region.
• Ananda's exterior is embellished with ornate stucco carvings
• Jataka plaques are found in the Jataka Tales, which are a collection of stories about the Buddha's life.
• Shwezigon pagoda - characterized by its golden color, which comes from the layers of gold leaf applied by devotees over the centuries. Bell shaped
• Chinthe also known as the Guardian Lion, are

  mythical lion creatures that are placed usually at

  entrances and corners of the Pagoda.
•  Dhammayanggi Temple is a Buddhist temple

  which is the largest Bagan temple that was constructed during the reign of King Narathu who was known as a

  brutal king and his reign lowered the notoriety

  of their empire.
• Forbidden City - Commissioned by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty. Architect: Kuai Xiang
• The orientation of the Forbidden City, and for that matter all of Beijing, follows a north-south line.
• South - Where does Forbidden City face to honor the sun
• Dougong - The brackets transfer the weight to the structure's vertical columns, reducing the strain on the horizontal beams, which reduces the risk of the beams splitting or cracking.
• The floors of major halls were paved with "golden bricks" or baked paving bricks from Suzhou