Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-19
NAUDER LECTURES
ON ARCHITECTURE
Gothic Style DWeIt Upon
Particularly Before Wom-
ems Committee.

The various architectural styles, par
ticularly the Gothic design, used in the
construction of the medieval and rem
aissance cathedrals in Europe, were
described by Charles z. Klauder OF
Philadelphia, well known university
and college architect. yesterday after
noon in an illustrated lecture at the
Chinese room of the Hotel Mayflower.
under the auspices of the District OF
Columbia section of the National Wom-
ems Committee for Washington Cathe-
dral. Fourteenth century Gothic archi-
lecture is the design in the construction
of Washington Cathedral,
Gothic architecture fourished pr1n-
cipally in the North OF France and IN
England" Mr.. Klauder said. II any
particular part of France is to be cred
tied with the invention Of the style, the
lie de France and Champagne may De
named, that is to say. the region IN ana
about Paris and to the north ana east
of it.
Modified in Spain.
am Spain the Gothic is modified by
Moorish and Renaissance motives. IN
italy the Gothic did not take strong
hold and consequently Italian cathe-
drals in this style cannot compare IN
beauty or structural interest with those
of France, England, the Netherlands,
Germany and Spain.
He declared that the Renaissance
Cathedral building in Italy was paSeo
IN Roman style with buildings rec
tangular in plan and rooted Win Dar-
rel-design vaults
From the beginning of the medle-
val period" Mr.. Klauder continued,
"the constant aim of architecture was
IN evolve from the barrel vault a type
of groined or intersecting vault.
Gothic architecture was the outcome
of this effort, and it prevailed through
out Northern and Western Europe I'M
til nearly the close Of the fifteenth
century and in some countries as late
as 1000.
Generally speaking, the Gothic
cathedrals were started about the year
1900. which was coincident with the
nontifcate of Innocent III, under whom
the medieval church reached its great
est power and extent. Portions, how
ever of some of the cathedrals OF
Northern France and more particularly
in England were begun in Gothic style
earlier as a transition from Norman
Architecture. which followed Roman
design. In the first half of the thir-
+eenth century no less than $50 ca
thedraIs were commenced. Ihere
are today 80 well-known edifices In
France alone.
Difficult to Understand.
eff it is difficult in this age to I'M
derstand the cause of SO great an Ell
fort. SO must remember the religious
zeal characteristic of the age and the
value N good works which the church
taug14 were a means to salvation, the
growth of towns and their Importance
and rivalry in the Middle Ages and the
existence of innumerable and powerful
guilds of craftsmen, the influence OF
which must have been spur to build
Ing projects.
Craftsmanship was highly classified
and organized within these guilds and
those which cathedral building would
call upon would be countless"
Sir Willmott Lewis Washington cor
respondent for the London Times, m
troduced Mr.. Klauder. Mrs. Frank 3.
Moves is the chairman of the District
section sponsoring the lecture series,
the fifth and concluding one OF which
will be held on April l, with Dean Ever
EFT Victor Meeks of the Yale University
School Of Fine Arts as speaker.