All Topics  
Flamboyant

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Flamboyant
 
 
  Topics Flamboyant Topic Home

Flamboyant is the name given to a florid style of late Gothic
Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
 architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
 in vogue in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 and Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 during the 15th century; the equivalent period in English architecture is called Perpendicular, and in Germany the Sondergotik
Sondergotik

'Sondergotik' is the style of Late Gothic architecture prevalent in Austria, Bavaria, and Bohemia between 1350 and 1550. The term was invented by art historian Kurt Gerstenberg in his 1913 work Deutsche Sondergotik, in which he argued that the Late Gothic had a special expression in Germany marked by the use of the hall church or Hall...
. It evolved from the Rayonnant
Rayonnant

Rayonnant is a term used to describe a period in the French Gothic architectural style circa 1240-1350. Following from High Gothic, Rayonnant buildings took the ideas underpinning the French Gothic movement to their most accomplished level....
 style and was marked by even greater attention to decoration. The name derives from the flame-like windings of its tracery and the dramatic lengthening of pediments and the tops of arches.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Flamboyant'
Start a new discussion about 'Flamboyant'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Flamboyant is the name given to a florid style of late Gothic
Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
 architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
 in vogue in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 and Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 during the 15th century; the equivalent period in English architecture is called Perpendicular, and in Germany the Sondergotik
Sondergotik

'Sondergotik' is the style of Late Gothic architecture prevalent in Austria, Bavaria, and Bohemia between 1350 and 1550. The term was invented by art historian Kurt Gerstenberg in his 1913 work Deutsche Sondergotik, in which he argued that the Late Gothic had a special expression in Germany marked by the use of the hall church or Hall...
. It evolved from the Rayonnant
Rayonnant

Rayonnant is a term used to describe a period in the French Gothic architectural style circa 1240-1350. Following from High Gothic, Rayonnant buildings took the ideas underpinning the French Gothic movement to their most accomplished level....
 style and was marked by even greater attention to decoration. The name derives from the flame-like windings of its tracery and the dramatic lengthening of pediments and the tops of arches. The Manueline
Manueline

The Manueline, or Portuguese late Gothic is the sumptuous, composite Portugal style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and representations of the discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro ?lvares Cabral....
 in Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
, and the Isabelline
Isabelline Gothic

Isabelline Gothic , is the name of an architectural style that was developed in Spain, during Isabella of Castile reign . It is considered to be the last expression of Spanish Gothic architecture, and it has some elements of Renaissance architecture influence....
 in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 were even more extravagant continuations of the style in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

Some Examples of the Flamboyant Gothic Style


  • Church of Saint Maclou, Rouen
    Rouen

    Rouen is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie r?gion in France....
  • Church of Saint Vulfran, Abbeville
    Abbeville

    Abbeville is a city in Picardie in northern France....
  • Transepts of Senlis
    Senlis

    Senlis is the name or part of the name of several commune in France in France:* Senlis, Oise, in the Oise d?partement* Senlis, Pas-de-Calais, in the Pas-de-Calais d?partement...
     Cathedral.
  • Moulins Cathedral
  • Church of Saint Anne
    St. Anne's Church, Vilnius

    St. Anne's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Vilnius' Vilnius Old Town, on the right bank of the Vilnia River. It is a prominent example of both Flamboyant Gothic and Brick Gothic styles....
    , Vilnius
    Vilnius

    Vilnius is the largest city and the Capital of Lithuania, with a population of 555,613 as of 2008. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality....


See also

  • Gothic architecture
    Gothic architecture

    Gothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
  • International Gothic
    International Gothic

    International Gothic is a phase of Gothic art which developed in Burgundy , Bohemia, France and northern Italy in the late 14th century and early 15th century....