curprev05:3805:38, 28 May 2024 2a00:23ee:1920:92d:d454:f39d:8adb:94dtalk 174,155 bytes−1,165 →Influences: Removed speculation that there could have been either Byzantine or Islamic influence on Gothic architecture. This is ruled out by history and the first structural appearance of Gothic architecture - the reason for Gothic architecture - in Durham Cathedral, which dates from the late 11th century, and the cathedral at St Denis, a few years later.undoTags: Revertedreferences removedMobile editMobile web edit
curprev05:3205:32, 28 May 2024 2a00:23ee:1920:92d:d454:f39d:8adb:94dtalk 175,320 bytes−5,640 →Name: Removed the deliberate obfuscations of quoting Christopher Wren's ahistoric position. While Christopher Wren designed a handful of delightful buildings such as St James's Piccadilly, and whose attempts at larger forms failed, his view on Gothic architecture is irrelevant to an understanding of Gothic architecture and its historical developmentundoTags: RevertedMobile editMobile web edit
curprev05:1405:14, 28 May 2024 2a00:23ee:1920:92d:d454:f39d:8adb:94dtalk 180,862 bytes−26 There is no influence of Islamic architecture on Gothic architecture. The pointed arch in Gothic architecture was for structural reasons, not decorative. It enables much taller buildings by direction of weight vertically down, removing the ratio of height to width required by round arches. It enables much larger glass spaces - for light, and there is no possible Islamist influence on the first structural use of pointed arches - Durham Cathedral in the north of England, late 11th century.undoTags: RevertedMobile editMobile web edit
