Outline For Argument: Gothic Style Construction

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Eduardo Parra ENGL 1102 Prof. Brown 3/23/15 Outline for Argument Attention: Have people ever realize when did the ideas of placing a window on the wall or to have tall buildings came from? Thanks to architecture, mankind has been able to play with these ideas. Using this source as a study of new ways of construction, we have been able to innovate and appreciate new technology, which is and has been used through time. Some types of architecture have been outstanding. One of them and the most important is Gothic style architecture. Background: Since the beginning of human kind, we have always created things that accommodate our needs. Cavemen were the ones who started this type of behavior. The biggest idea they had was, to find a place where they could be able to live without any major risks. This is why they are called cavemen because they lived in caves, and this is one of the first styles of building in the human era. Background: The birth of Gothic architecture came from the 10th century when the crusaders came back from the Islamic lands bringing some of their ideas in architecture and using them to innovate their own ideals, creating a beautiful and very important style at that time. Thesis: Gothic Architecture is the style …show more content…

From the beautiful designs in the walls and the creative gargoyles to their amazing height and impressive stained glass, these are some of the key ingredients to have a magnificent Gothic building. This is why many churches and schools have implemented this method of construction because of its beauty and creativeness. Both places have used this style to attract people to their ground. The church mainly interpreted light and the beauty on the inside of the church as the main feature, were there is light, is God. The complexity of these buildings is what make the architecture beautiful. We can appreciate this complexity mainly in the

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