Features Brabantine Gothic

decorated capital @ round column of nave in grote kerk in dordrecht



pillar bundle columns (on side), , frieze of tracery (underneath windows), in cathedral of our lady in antwerp

the structure of church buildings in brabant largely same: large-scale cruciform floor plan three-tier elevation along nave , side aisles (pier arches, triforium, clerestory) , choir backed half-round ambulatory. slender tallness of french naves however, never surpassed, , size tended more modest.

it characterized using light-coloured sandstone or limestone, allowed rich detailing erosion-prone. churches typically have round columns cabbage foliage sculpted capitals. there half-pillar buttresses continue without interruption vault ribs. triforium , windows of clerestory continue 1 another, windows taking entire space of pointed arch. ambulatory radiating chapels (chevet) part of design (though @ 15th-century choir in breda added later on). whereas cathedrals in brussels , antwerp notable exceptions, main porch straight under single west tower, in french called clocher-porche.

brabantine round columns cabbage leaf capitals, hollandic use of wood vaults in grote kerk in haarlem

an alternative type originated cathedral of antwerp: instead of round columns capital impost, bundled pillars profiled in columns continue without interruption through ribs of vaults , arches – style followed churches in s-hertogenbosch , leuven. in addition, pier arches between nave , aisles exceptionally wide, , triforium omitted. instead, transom of tracery placed above pier arches. type followed other major churches in antwerp city, st. martin church in aalst, , st. michael s church in ghent.

demer gothic in hageland , campine gothic regional variants of brabantine gothic in south-eastern part of former duchy. styles can distinguished merely use of local rust-brown bricks.

brabantine gothic city halls built in shape of gigantic box reliquaries corner turrets , belfry. exterior profusely decorated.

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