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Key Ingredients That Make Up The Architectural And Decorative Elements Of Cathedrals

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As stated in the text, there are several key ingredients that make up the architectural and decorative elements of the Gothic cathedrals. Earlier structural buildings tended to be quite a bit shorter due to the incapability of spreading the weight evenly. Gothic architecture used “flying” buttresses. These “flying” buttresses effectively spread the weight by taking it off the walls themselves and transferring it directly to the ground. This allowed architects to build much taller walls and loftier towers. Not only were these a very important structural design but they were often elaborately decorated which defined an external characteristic of gothic architecture. An internal characteristic that defined gothic architecture were the pointed
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