The document summarizes Gothic art from the 12th-15th centuries, focusing on developments in France. It describes how Gothic architecture used pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses to allow buildings to gain height and fill with light. Key cathedrals discussed include Notre Dame de Paris, Chartres, Reims, and Amiens, showing the evolution of Gothic styles from early to high Gothic. Contemporary art such as stained glass windows, sculpture, and illuminated manuscripts are also mentioned.
4. Gothic Age: TURMOIL and
CHANGE
• 1337 – Hundred Year’s War began
• 14th c. - Black Death (kills ¼ population)
• 1378-1417 – Great Schism (political/religious crisis)
• Shift in society: monasteries and pilgrims rapidly
expanding secular cities
• Independent nations begin to take shape (starting w/
France)
6. • EARLY GOTHIC
• Carolingian basilica “unfit” for
royalty converted into
marvelous Gothic church
• Rib vaults on pointed arches
• Lux nova
Ambulatory and radiating chapels
Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
Saint Denis, France
1140-1144
28. 1194 - Chartres PART II
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
begun 1134
rebuilt beginning 1194
29. Plan of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
as rebuilt after 1194
30. Nave of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
as rebuilt after 1194
31. Virgin and Child and Angels
(Notre Dame de la Belle Verrière)
choir of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1170
stained glass
16 ft. x 7 ft. 8 in.
32. Triforium wall of the nave
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1200-1260
33. Rose Window and lancets
north transept of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1220
stained glass
rose approximately 43 ft. in diameter
34. Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory
jamb statues, Porch of the Confessors
South transept of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1220-1230 2nd “Classical Revolution”
35. Saint Theodore
jamb statue, Porch of the Martyrs
South transept of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1230
37. HIGH GOTHIC FACADE
King’s Gallery
Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de
Cormont,
and Renaud de Cormont
West facade of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
38. Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont,
and Renaud de Cormont
East facade of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
39. Robert de Luzarches, Thomas
de Cormont,
and Renaud de Cormont
Choir vaults of Amiens
Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
40. - Nave vault = 144 ft.
- 3-part elevation
- Amiens is the Gothic
counterpart to the Byzantine
Hagia Sophia
Robert de Luzarches,
Thomas de Cormont,
and Renaud de Cormont
nave of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
41. Christ (Beau Dieu)
trumeau statue of central doorway
west facade of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
ca. 1220-1235
43. West façade of Reims Cathedral
Reims, France
begun ca. 1225-1290
44. Nave of Reims Cathedral
Reims, France
begun ca. 1225-1290
60. Villard de Honnecourt
Figures based on geometric shapes
folio 18 verso of a sketchbook
from Paris, France
ca. 1220-1235
ink on vellum
9 1/4 x 6 in.
61. God as architect of the world
folio 1 verso of a moralized Bible
from Paris, France
ca. 1220-1230
ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum
13 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
62. Blanche of Castille, Louis IX
and two monks
dedication page (folio 8 recto)
of a moralized Bible
from Paris, France
1226-1234
ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum
15 x 10 1/2 in.
63. Abraham and the Three Angels
folio 7 verso
of the Psalter of Saint Louis
from Paris, France
1253-1270
ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum
5 x 3 1/2 in.
64. Master Honoré
David anointed by Samuel and
battle of David and Goliath
folio 7 verso
of the Breviary of Phillipe le Bel
from Paris, France
1296
ink and tempera on vellum
7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
65. Jean Pucelle
David before Saul
folio 24 verso
of the Belleville Breviary
from Paris, France
1325
ink and tempera on vellum
9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.
66. Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreaux
from the abbey church of Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis, France
1339
silver gilt and enamel
27 1/2 in. high
67. The Castle of Love and knights jousting
lid of a jewelry casket
from Paris, France
ca. 1330-1350
ivory and iron
4 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
81. Death of the Virgin
tympanum of left doorway, south transept
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg, France
ca. 1230
82. Eckehard and Uta
statues in the west choir
Naumburg Cathedral
Naumburg, Germany
ca. 1249-1255
painted limestone
6 ft. 2 in. high
83. Bamberg Rider
statue in the east choir
Bamberg Cathedral
Bamberg, Germany
ca. 1235-1240
sandstone
7 ft. 9 in. high
84. Pietá = pity in Italian
Virgin with the Dead Christ
Röttgen Pietà
from the Rhineland, Germany
ca. 1300-1325
painted wood
2 ft. 10 1/2 in. high
86. Nicholas of Verdun
Klosterneuburg Altar
from the abbey church at
Klosterneuburg, Austria
1181
gilded copper and enamel
3 ft. 6 3/4 in. high overall
88. Nicholas of Verdun
Shrine of the Three Kings
from Cologne Cathedral
Cologne, Germany
ca. 1190
silver, bronze, enamel and gemstones
5 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. x 3 ft. 8 in.
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