Task: Early Byzantine Arts and Gothic Church Architecture
1. You watch a television show about Gothic church architecture, and it interests you so much that you decide to write a research paper on the subject for your English composition class. Using the Internet, discuss this type of architecture.
Church Selected: Church of Hagia Sophia
2. What characteristics are common to this particular type of church? How were these new architectural elements innovative in providing greater structural stability? What features are specific to the Gothic cathedrals that were not present in ancient Greek and Roman temples and previous church forms (i.e., the basilica)? Choose one Gothic cathedral and discuss it in terms of its architecture?what characteristics does it display that are typically "Gothic"?