Catalan late Gothic

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South portico of the Cathedral of Palermo
Portal of the Palazzo Abatellis

The Catalan Late Gothic is a Gothic architectural style that emerged as the final phase of the Catalan Gothic in the 15th century.

The Catalan Gothic was developed in Catalonia in the first third of the 14th century under the influence of models from south-west France . In its later phase it is characterized by only little structured surfaces and a preference for large rooms. Dominant horizontal, acting in the width aspect, so that basilican church rooms up to seven vessels may have. The same creative drive is followed by the innovation of not allowing pointed arches of doors and windows to soar as high as in the High Gothic , but rather to draw them wider. Another characteristic of the style is the floral ornamentation, which already shows a transition to early forms of the Renaissance .

Well-known representatives of the Catalan late Gothic in Spain are for example the Cathedral of Girona , the churches of Santa Maria del Pino and Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona .

In the domain of the Crown of Aragon , the style was also spread to Sardinia and Sicily . In Sardinia, for example, the Catalan late Gothic cathedral of Alghero was built in the 16th century .

A vivid example of the Catalan late Gothic in Sicily is offered by the south portico of the Cathedral of Palermo , where the floral elements and the pressed pointed arches are easy to recognize. At the entrance portal of the Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo, the transition to the Renaissance is so far complete that no arch is used at all, but a horizontal lintel. Another example of the Catalan Late Gothic in Sicily is the portico of the church of Santa Maria della Catena in Palermo.

literature

  • Martin Graßnick (ed.): The architecture of the Middle Ages (= materials for building history. Volume 2). Vieweg, Braunschweig 1982, pp. 82-84.
  • Juan Bassegoda Nonell: vault constructions of the Catalan Gothic. In: Gothic vault constructions. Volume 1 (= History of Construction. 4 = Concepts SFB 230. Issue 33). Stuttgart 1990, pp. 99-122.