Question

What circumstances led to the transition from romanesque architectural style to gothic?

Answer 1

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Each region of western Europe generally had its own dominant religious order that had very specific architectural preferences, and many of them had profound influences on the buildings found in everyday life. The Cluniacs in France, who epitomized the Romanesque tradition, insisted on absolute simplicity, claiming that superfluous decoration in addition to paintings and depictions would distract from religious piety. Walls were meant to be bland. On the opposite side was the Cistercian Order, who emerged after the Cluniac Order, and whose ruined churches in the French countryside later served as the basic blueprint for much of Gothic architecture. They emphatically advocated windows and light, thinking  it would help transport the viewer from a state of “material” to “immaterial,” since all the focus was on the light, and the light came from God.


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