The Romanesque Cathedrals were made with thick, heavy walls; however, on the other, Gothic Cathedrals were made with thin, elegant walls. In Figure 1, one can see thick walls of the Romanesque Cathedral. The thick walls were also used for protection, which took a lot of time; instead of spending so much time on the thick walls for protection, they could have spent more time with God. The thick walls also showed how the people they tried to hide from God and didn’t accept many people. This shows that they weren’t really focused on accepting people; they were more focused on protection and judgment day. On the other hand, the Gothic Cathedral in Figure 2 had much less thick walls with design and elegance. The less thick walls showed how accepting they were to other people coming into the Church to praise God. The design showed how elegant the Gothic Cathedrals and tried to draw even more people in. The walls weren’t the only part of the differences of the Gothic and Romanesque architecture in theology.
Another difference between the Romanesque and Gothic architecture about the theology were the windows. The Romanesque windows were very small and skinny and were based on protection. The small windows show how protective the people wanted to be and showed how they people believed in Judgment day because the small windows let in very little light. The Romanesque windows clearly display how the people believed times were dark because of judgment day; however, the Gothic windows are quite the opposite. The Gothic windows were huge and were used to let in lots of light. The huge windows were used to let in the light, metaphorically meaning, to let the light of God inside. The big windows show how accepting and open the Gothic theology was compared to Romanesque. As you can see the huge windows of the Gothic Cathedrals were used to let the light of God in, but the small windows of the Romanesque Cathedrals were used for protection, which showed some insecurity in their faith.
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