Architektur (Französische Gotik, Spätgotik Profanbauten - French Late Gothic, Secular Buildings) 1. Justizpalast zu Rouen (Palace of Justice in Rouen) 2. Haus des Jacques Coeur zu Bourges (House of Jacques Coeur in Bourges) 3. Hotel de Cluny zu Paris (Hotel de Cluny in Paris) 4. Befestigungsthurm zu Carcassonne (Fortification Tower in Carcassonne) 5. Nesle-Thurm zu Paris (Nesle Tower in Paris) 6. Dachfenster am Schlosse zu Josselin (Bretagne) (Dormer Window at the Castle of Josselin (Brittany)) 7. Fenster vom Hotel de la Trimouille (Window from the Hotel de la Tremoille) 8. Halle zu Eltham (Hall at Eltham)

Description

This engraving demonstrates the most prominent use of the late Gothic style, known as "Flamboyant" in French civil architecture between the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The juxtaposition of palace, city residence, municipal building, and castle elements within the same composition demonstrates that Gothic architecture was not limited to religious cathedrals but also served as an active language in the visual representation of royalty, the bourgeoisie, and institutions of justice. Structures such as the Palais des Justices in Rouen, the residence of Jacques Coeur in Bourges, and the Palace of Cluny in Paris reflect a period in which trade and financial power were transformed into artistic representation. Fortifications such as Carcassonne and Josselin demonstrate the final phase of defensive elements such as towers, battlements, machicolations, and fortified entrance systems in medieval military architecture. Detailed engravings of windows, roofs, and interiors, along with carved wooden ceilings, floral reliefs, intricately carved windows, and Gothic rosettes, demonstrate how late French art, in both stone and woodwork, brought a refined aesthetic dimension to its architecture. These examples demonstrate how French Gothic architecture was defined not only by the ideals of verticality and elevation, but also by urban life, commercial representation, aristocratic residential culture, and functional diversity within the "establishment."