The Early English period (1180-1275) period marks the first flowering of EnglishGothic. The Gothic style evolved in France, indeed it was first called "The French Style", beginning in the middle of the 12th century. Early English Gothic at a glance ~ also called "Lancet" and "First Pointe...
Pier alternation in Gothic architecture is generally thought of in the context of French buildings where there are usually only two forms the orderly alternation of which is closely tied to the system of vaulting. In England, however, buildings of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries ...
It features an ensemble cast of French theatrical performers, led by Méliès himself in the main role of Professor Barbenfouillis, and is filmed in the overtly theatrical style for which Méliès became famous. The film was an internationally popular success on its release, and was...
The estampie was an internationally popular musical form of the late middle ages. Eight beautiful French estampies from circa 1300 are written in theManuscrit du Roi, seven of which are complete. The first estampie is a fragment, due to the top half of the page being torn to remove illumina...
The complete French estampies of c. 1300: music, analysis, performance Ian PittawayArs musice,Chansonnier du Roi,chant,church modes,citole,contrary motion,Doctrina de compondre dictates,drones,ecclesiastical chant,Edi beo thu heuene quene,Edi beo thu hevene quene,estampida,estampie,estanpie,fiddle...
The concept of civilization originated in the 18th century along with the concept of culture. The French Enlightenment philosophers applied the term to a society based on the principles of reason and justice. In the 19th century the concept of civilization was used to a limited extent to characte...
The interior of the large building is in a rude and massive style of architecture, resembling the Gothic; the entrance, on the east, is by a portico, or corridor, three yards in width and thirty-six in length, supported by plain rectangular pillars, without bases or pedestals, upon which...
the use of tapestries in churches later declined with the rise of Gothic architecture. Because this new style emphasized light, churches had many more windows than before, reducing the space for tapestries. In homes, tapestries were still prized; they tended to show complex, varied scenes in viv...
though this may partly be an effect of more detailed art being in vogue in the International Gothic style of painting of c. 1375–c. 1425 and beyond. Parchment roses for gitterns and lutes were a feature on some instruments of the second half of the 15thand into the 16thcentury, though...
French Gothic manuscript illumination, 1412 and 1416.Très Riches Heuresis a book of hours, a collection of prayers said at the canonical hours, 7 prayer times appointed for each day by canon law in the Roman Catholic Church. As is common ...