CL
7 de ene. de 2019
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I learned so much about cathedrals and their history. The professor was engaging, the forums were lively, and the imagery and music was beautiful and inspirational.
JK
13 de abr. de 2021
Really enjoyed it. The information and way it was presented was very interesting. I would even do it again as it had a lot of information in it...cant wait to visit the cathedrals we studied about.
por Ashley M H
•9 de mar. de 2018
So interesting!
por Adelugba O A
•6 de jul. de 2020
Amazing course
por MªJesús F M
•8 de mar. de 2019
Great course.
por Marta Y A R
•2 de jul. de 2021
Great course
por José E
•17 de jul. de 2020
Excellent!!
por Emiliano O R
•19 de sep. de 2021
marvelous!
por Cristina L
•29 de ene. de 2018
Amazing!
por francisco v r
•6 de sep. de 2020
nice
por Claudette D
•27 de ago. de 2019
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por Leonie K
•14 de ene. de 2018
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por V C S
•25 de dic. de 2021
I liked the class quite a bit, and certainly learned a lot. It has inspired my revisiting some of the French gothic cathedrals armed with my deeper understanding of them. Professor Bloch is deeply knowledgeable and engaging, and the progression of the material is thoughtful. I particularly appreciated the blend of history, engineering, sociology, theology and literature in presenting the context in which Gothic Cathedrals came to be.
That said, there are a number of relatively minor annoyances in the class, mainly from poor maintenance, and it seems to me they should be addressed since people continue to take this class year after year. * Some of the time estimates for the readings are grossly inaccurate. The most egregious error is estimating that a 197 page (dense) document can be read in 30 minutes.
* Some of the titles of the essay assignments are completely unrelated to the actual assignment. In the forum, some students complain that since they answered the question (rather than the inferred question from the title) they were poorly graded by peers.
* Some of the essay assignments are unrelated to that week’s materials for some reason, such as in week 7. Perhaps this is intentional, but it is confusing.
* The transcriptions of the videos are very helpful, but are riddled with mistakes, often due to the incorrect use of homonyms. Perhaps speech recognition was used, but they should be proofread.
* Perhaps most disappointing to me is the lack of any mention of the tragic fire at Notre Dame in 2019. The course devotes an entire week to Notre Dame, and it feels uncomfortable knowing that the cathedral sustained profound damage without the course even acknowledging the tragedy. I have iterated the areas that need maintenance not as a pedantic complaint, but hopefully as a guide for one of Professor Bloch’s TAs to address them.
por Harry M
•24 de jul. de 2020
The "Age of Cathedrals" course was a very good introduction to Gothic architecture in general and Gothic cathedrals in particular. The professor obviously knows his subject matter and was mostly able to convey the material in an interesting manner. However, there was less personal interaction than there could have been. These were simply well thought out, well prepared and well delivered lectured but the presentations lacked spark and enthusiasm and humor....Which is not as much a criticism as a statement of fact. Considering that Notre Dame in Paris has been decimated by a fire, the course needs to update the course to at least mention that Notre Dame, as we knew it, is no longer. Even a reference to a well constructed video on the Notre Dame fire on the National Geographic Channel would help bring this course up to the present.
por Alan G
•15 de abr. de 2021
Although an enjoyable course, it didn't quite live up to what I was expecting. probably more on the architecture and less on the biblical quotations, I know it is about cathedrals, would have been more enjoyable. I also felt that the qiuizzes/peer reviews did not seem to be in sync with the relevant week's lecture.
And as for peer reviews and this is a constant bugbear with me on Coursera courses, why have them?
por Debbie B
•15 de may. de 2020
I enjoyed the material and learned quite a bit about this time period. I am sure the developers of this particular course do not read the reviews. BUT would someone tell the developers, apparently not for the first time, that the essay question for Week 7 does not have anything to do with the course materials for that week. It is a waste of time to write an essay to a question that has already been asked.
por Kate S
•24 de dic. de 2017
Great course! I really enjoyed the first 3 weeks and the detailed information on the history of cathedrals and how they were built. Instead of so much interpretation of stained glass windows, panel by panel and scene by scene, I would've appreciated a comparison of different cathedrals in different parts of Europe. But over all a good foundation for history-oriented travelers to France!
por Joao C B
•21 de jul. de 2020
I liked the course and enjoyed many chapiters of it. But, I think that the Urban Phenomena's week could focus on more interesting topics than Peter Abelard and sexual behavior - why not, for example, St. Thomas Aquinas, or the guild's system? The suggested readings are not very specific too: entire works with hundreds of pages.
por Catherine S
•15 de abr. de 2018
A little heavy on French history, but very interesting. I’m not a fan of peer reviews, and this has plenty of them, but at least the grades were a combination of quizzes and peer reviews.
por Sharon M
•28 de ene. de 2021
A good course! I was hoping for more in-depth information on the actual design and construction of the cathedrals, but a lot was covered in the course and it was well worth it.
por Andrés B
•2 de jun. de 2020
Un curso IDEAL para quien está fascinado por el período gótico y desea conocer más profundamente de la época y de sus construcciones y su vida
por Stanislava F
•29 de nov. de 2017
Very interesting, but I would prefer more animated lectures and more details about the structure, since it is very important
por Jo N
•23 de feb. de 2018
A most enjoyable course - I've learned a lot, some of which I never really wanted to know.
por Oleg P
•4 de abr. de 2021
Great overview on history of a wonderfull piece of medieval culture — gothic cathedrals.
por jordi o j
•22 de abr. de 2018
learnt a lot of things about medieval cathedrals, specially from saint Louis life.
por Alexandra C
•13 de jun. de 2018
Lots of peer assessment but a very informative and enjoyable course!
por SJ T
•25 de ene. de 2018
great crash course on Gothic cathedrals and French history.