Final Exam #8

The structures of Romanesque cathedral differed from the structure of Gothic cathedrals. Romanesque cathedrals were very tall with thick walls that supported the building as a whole. They almost looked like castles in the medieval times. This shows that protection was extremely important during the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries that people needed a place for safety. This also shows that there were continuous attacks, so people of a village needed this big structure to protect them from harsh attackers. Gothic cathedrals focused more on religious theology. The walls on these cathedrals were less thick and the columns were much thinner too. The walls of Gothic cathedrals has to be light and thin enough to let the light of God shine directly into the interior for people to feel. Protection was not very important with Gothic cathedrals as letting the light of God in really explained the structure of these cathedrals.