For my final paper I wanted to do something a little different so I decided to take our last chapter pertaining about the Gothic art. Chapter 13 was about Cathedrals all around France and how their structural revolution emerged to what we have today in our local societies. Every day on my way to work I drive by this church located on 361 Sumner Ave., in Springfield MA. This massive church is beautiful and hard to miss. November 24, 2015, was the first time I actually had the guts to step in an unfamiliar church, and side in a phew and really take in my surroundings. A little back history about the Sanctuary, Early in the 20th century, pastor Dr. Fred Winslow Adams envisioned building a church facility in Springfield that would inspire, nurture and exemplify the …show more content…
The structures that our ancestors developed from Europe influenced the building of our very own community churches. “During later periods artist felt free to deviate from previous patterns and development”(263). So even though Trinity had many additions its core structure was Gothic. There are beautiful Gothic Churches all over our Country, I will definitely be looking at churches in a whole new way now because of this class. Gothic architecture included many other things except pointed ceilings and vaulted walls. Gargoyles played a huge part in the forming of castles and churches used in this style. They called these statues and art pieces gargoyles because they mean "throat", traditional gargoyles are used as water spouts. The castles used them to drain water out from the bases of the foundations so they wouldn't ruin as easy. There are also no two gargoyles that are the same. A church called the Notre Dame is a very famous gothic church. This church is famous because the Disney movie "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" was based off of this structure when it was