Il gotico italiano: gotico temperato

Why does Italian Gothic have such different architectural characteristics from French Gothic? There are at least three reasons we can attempt to identify: different political needs, the influence of the Cistercian Benedictine order, and the strong continuity with the Romanesque style. (Damn me and my haste! When I quote Tarkovsky's film, I mistakenly—and unforgivably!—say that it was the same director as Battleship Potemkin, which was actually by Eisenstein. I apologize!) 00:00 Introduction to Temperate Gothic 01:16 Political motivation (Communes) 03:28 The Benedictine rule of the Cistercians (Citeaux) 04:17 Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1135-1153 343 Abbeys - Fontenay) 05:39 Cloister, ascetic, meditative, and austere vision 06:17 Monastic complexes (abbey, cloister, refectory - chapter house) 06:55 Fossanova Abbey (Lt) 1187-1206 07:41 Absence of an apse replaced by windows arched 08:11 Large space with three naves (Casamari Abbey, Fr) 08:49 San Galgano (from 1227) 11:08 Continuity with the Romanesque (Santa Maria Novella) 12:35 The plan, quadrangular apses 13:47 Santa Croce, semi-polygonal apse 14:43 Roof with exposed trusses (tombs of Alfieri, Michelangelo, Alberti...) 15:42 Siena Cathedral 16:30 Insertion of rose windows, cross vaults, pointed arches 17:17 Orvieto Cathedral 18:06 Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi (1228-1280), trefoil arch 19:52 Two levels (plan, buttresses, flying buttresses) 21:52 The interior of the lower basilica 22:25 The upper basilica 24:10 The Construction Site of Europe (consecrated in 1253) 25:01 Castel del Monte (Andria)