Cathedrals

Cologne And Salisbury- There is a lot of light that was need to enter into the cathedral because there was no artificial way of lighting all that space, and then the windows were used a big painted bible story book. Many of the stained glass windows would be of important bible stories because most people could not read and they were not allowed to read the bible themselves. Also light was symbolic, the light of God and the way the sun would rise and light the church from one end and when the sun would set it would be at the other, this gave the space order as the light moves throughout the space.

Cologne And Amiens- With the first glance at the two floor plans the buildings seam to be quite similar but they have their differences. Both buildings were built in the so called "dark ages", and if this time was to be so "dark" and undereducated compared to the Renaissance, how are there such buildings as these? These buildings were commissioned by the greatest power in the land at the time, the Catholic church, where the master architects were sought out and commissioned to build the cathedral for power and glory.

Cologne and Florence- The main difference between these two cathedrals is the crossing. Cologne has a traditional cathedral crossing and the Duomo has a dome. In Italy there are many more domes and the dome was being worked into many buildings, including the churches.