gothic art
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Gothic Art
THEME: Gothic
The quest for height and light!
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)
French Gothic
Ambulatory and radiating chapels
Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
Saint Denis, France
1140-1144
• 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
Plan of the choirVaults of the ambulatory and radiating chapels of the choir
Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
Saint Denis, France
1140-1144
Round vs. pointed arches
West facade of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
begun 1134, rebuilt beginning 1194
Royal Portal, west facade
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1145-1155
Old Testament queen and two kingsjamb statues, doorway of Royal Portal
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1145-1155
West façade of Laon Cathedral
Laon, France
begun ca. 1190
Plan and nave of Laon Cathedral
Laon, France
begun ca. 1190
TRIFORIUM
nave of Laon Cathedral
Laon, France
begun ca. 1190
- Sexpartite rib vaults- Pointed arches- TRIFORIUM in 4-part
nave elevation
Gothic nave elevations
Laon Paris Chartres
Amiens
Arcade
Gallery
Triforium
Clerestory
South façade of Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris, France
begun 1163, nave & flying buttresses ca. 1180-1200, remodeled after 1225
FLYYYYYING BUTTRESSESImportant support function
Holds up nave walls at stress pointsGives Gothic architecture it’s distinctive “look”
Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris, France
begun 1163, nave & flying buttresses ca. 1180-1200, remodeled after 1225
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
begun 1134rebuilt beginning 1194
1194 - Chartres PART II
Plan of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
as rebuilt after 1194
Nave of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
as rebuilt after 1194
Virgin and Child and Angels(Notre Dame de la Belle Verrière)
choir of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1170stained glass16 ft. x 7 ft. 8 in.
Triforium wall of the naveChartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1200-1260
Rose Window and lancets
north transept of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1220stained glassrose approximately 43 ft. in diameter
Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregoryjamb statues, Porch of the Confessors
South transept of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1220-1230
2nd “Classical Revolution”
Saint Theodorejamb statue, Porch of the Martyrs
South transept of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1230
Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont,and Renaud de Cormont
West facade of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
HIGH GOTHIC FACADE
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Galle
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Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont,and Renaud de Cormont
East facade of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont,and Renaud de Cormont
Choir vaults of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont,and Renaud de Cormont
nave of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
- Nave vault = 144 ft.- 3-part elevation- Amiens is the Gothic counterpart to the Byzantine Hagia Sophia
Christ (Beau Dieu)trumeau statue of central doorway
west facade of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
ca. 1220-1235
West façade of Reims Cathedral
Reims, France
begun ca. 1225-1290
Nave of Reims Cathedral
Reims, France
begun ca. 1225-1290
Visitationjamb statues of central doorway
west facade of Reims Cathedral
Reims, France
ca. 1230
Sainte-Chapelle
Paris, France
1243-1248
interior of the upper chapel
Sainte-Chapelle
Paris, France
1243-1248
Rayonnant (radiating) Style
Saint Denis
Notre Dame, Paris
Laon
EARLY GOTHIC HIGH GOTHIC LATE GOTHIC
Notre Dame, Chartres
Notre Dame, Amiens
Notre Dame, Reims
Saint Chapelle
Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris)
Notre-Dame
Paris, France
early 14th century
The elegant S-curve
West façade of Saint-Maclou
Rouen, France
ca. 1500-1540
Carcassone
France
ca. 12th-13th c.
Hall of the Cloth Guild
Bruges, Netherlands
begun. 1230
House of Jacques Coeur
Bourges, France
Ca. 1443-1451
Villard de Honnecourt
Figures based on geometric shapesfolio 18 verso of a sketchbook
from Paris, France
ca. 1220-1235ink on vellum9 1/4 x 6 in.
God as architect of the worldfolio 1 verso of a moralized Bible
from Paris, France
ca. 1220-1230ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum13 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
Blanche of Castille, Louis IX and two monksdedication page (folio 8 recto) of a moralized Bible
from Paris, France
1226-1234ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum15 x 10 1/2 in.
Abraham and the Three Angelsfolio 7 verso of the Psalter of Saint Louis
from Paris, France
1253-1270ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum5 x 3 1/2 in.
Master Honoré
David anointed by Samuel and battle of David and Goliathfolio 7 verso of the Breviary of Phillipe le Bel
from Paris, France
1296ink and tempera on vellum7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Jean Pucelle
David before Saul folio 24 verso of the Belleville Breviary
from Paris, France
1325ink and tempera on vellum9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.
Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreaux
from the abbey church of Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis, France
1339silver gilt and enamel27 1/2 in. high
The Castle of Love and knights jousting
lid of a jewelry casket
from Paris, France
ca. 1330-1350ivory and iron4 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury, England
1220-1258; west façade completed 1265; spire ca. 1320-1330
Plan and Nave of Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury, England
1220-1258
Nave of Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury, England
1220-1258
Choir of Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester, England
1332-1357
Tomb of Edward II
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester, England
ca. 1330-1335Ogee arches
Chapel of Henry VII
Westminster Abbey
London, England
1503-1519
Gerhard of Cologne
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne, Germany
begun 1248
Gerhard of Cologne
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne, Germany
begun 1248
nave of Saint Elizabeth
Marburg, Germany
1235-1283
Death of the Virgintympanum of left doorway, south transeptStrasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg, France
ca. 1230
Eckehard and Utastatues in the west choirNaumburg Cathedral
Naumburg, Germany
ca. 1249-1255painted limestone6 ft. 2 in. high
Bamberg Riderstatue in the east choirBamberg Cathedral
Bamberg, Germany
ca. 1235-1240sandstone7 ft. 9 in. high
Virgin with the Dead ChristRöttgen Pietà
from the Rhineland, Germany
ca. 1300-1325painted wood2 ft. 10 1/2 in. high
Pietá = pity in Italian
Nicholas of Verdun
Klosterneuburg Altar
from the abbey church at Klosterneuburg, Austria
1181gilded copper and enamel3 ft. 6 3/4 in. high overall
Nicholas of Verdun
Shrine of the Three Kings
from Cologne Cathedral Cologne, Germany
ca. 1190silver, bronze, enamel and gemstones5 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. x 3 ft. 8 in.