The Evolution of Architectural Form on Trier Cathedral in Germany

• Main Authors: Hsi-Hui Chiu, 邱熙惠
• Other Authors: 賴瑞鎣
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/u4qb85

碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 美術史研究所 === 98 === In the oldest city in Germany, Trier, where stands a magnificent architecture – Trier Cathedral. It was built by Constantine in A.D. 326, and as time went by, there were restoration and renovation due to the barbarian’s invasion and destruction. Now Trier Cathedral survives with stern, castle-like Romanesque church in this old roman city, its historical background and serene, stated architectural style are full of irresistible and amazing charms for people who are interested in history and architecture. Every single architectural style reflects different kinds of changes on different ages, such as society, custom, culture and thought, which are the important factors and could never be overlooked easily. The cathedral as a sacred symbol, its invisible and invincible power would last forever because of the firm and loyal faith; however, as a visible and breakable art form, it would be destroyed by the natural and human disaster more or less, especially a grand architecture like Trier Cathedral which has been there for almost 1700 years. It is inevitable that there must be the restoration and reconstruction for the increasing ceremonies on religion and the influences by different styles. Nevertheless, how to get those different styles and factors merge together appropriately and make them look balanced on one architecture during the construction and renovation, and then keep the original characters, whether in the spirit of the thought or art forms, they are all tough and tricky, but it seems that Trier Cathedral had demonstrated a fine example. There are some crucial causes and problems on every building stage when constructing and reconstructing Trier Cathedral, those are the key points in this thesis. For instance, what are the unique form and arrangement with actual functions when concerning about Trier’s double basilica in Constantinian age? How to explore Constantine’s basilican church style and figure out its representation when applying them to discuss Trier’s double basilica? What kind of the trends did the centralized square structure which Gratian renovated on east side of Trier Cathedral reveal at that time? Before the Romanesque times, the promotion of Charlemagne’s Carolingian Renaissance and the successive Ottonian arts had come up with the splendid Romanesque art. How could this progress work on Trier Cathedral? And what were the similarities and differences between those Romanesque churches in the same region when comparing them to Trier Cathedral? How could these architectural characters be displayed when combining the different architectural languages? These mean a lot and are worth researching. In the historical respect, Trier Cathedral had attended so many events for a long time; and from the architectural points of view, Trier Cathedral is just as its unsung look, telling the true greatness with mere simplicity and humbleness. In this thesis, the significance and the spirit of art will be presented by researching the history and development of Trier Cathedral. The honor of the old empires would fade out and disappear, but the history, religion and art which belong to Trier cathedral would live with eternity, and make people wander and marvel again and again.