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Romanesque and Gothic

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Romanesque and Gothic

Romanesque art

Gothic art

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY

A ROMANESQUE CHURCH

ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE

ROMANESQUE PAINTING

URBAN CULTURE

THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSITIES

GOTHIC SCULPTURE

GOTHIC PAINTING

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

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Gothic architecture (Click on the buttons on the left.)

Gothic painting

pointed arch

Architectural elements

rib vault

pillar

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flying buttress

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pointed arch


rib vault

flying buttress

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Gothic architecture

Pointed arch

pillar

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pointed arch


rib vault

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Gothic architecture

Rib vault

flying buttress

pillar

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pointed arch


rib vault

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Gothic architecture

Pillar

flying buttress

pillar

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pointed arch


rib vault

pillar

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Gothic architecture

Flying buttress

flying buttress

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Gothic architecture

Chartres Cathedral, France

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steeple

pinnacles

The rose window and stained glass windows

allow light to enter..

The central tympanum on the main facade

is highly decorated.

main facade

flying buttresses

side door

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pillar

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pointed arch


rib vault

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flying buttress

pillar

Gothic architecture

Stained glass window

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Cathedral of Notre Dame, ParisNext slide

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Reims Cathedral, FranceNext slide

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Gothic architecture

Interior of Reims Cathedral, France

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Gothic architecture

Siena Cathedral, Italy

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Gothic architecture

Burgos Cathedral

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Gothic architecture

Toledo Cathedral

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Gothic architecture

Seville Cathedral

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Gothic architecture

Interior of León Cathedral

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Urban culture

Town hall, Siena, Italy

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The Lonja



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Urban culture

The Lonja, Valencia



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The birth of universities

University of Cambridge

ENLARGE

A lecture



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The birth of universities

A lecture at the University of

Bolonia



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Gothic sculpture

• religious and educational purpose

• independent figures

• curved lines

• more realistic and natural figures

• interest in expressing feelings

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The dead wake up with the sound of trumpets.

Figure of Christ

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Detail of the altarpiece, Seville Cathedral 3 / 4



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Gargoyles on the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris 4 / 4



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Gothic painting

• religious themes

• painting on wood

• rich colours

• the use of gold

• greater realism and movement of figures

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An altarpiece panel 2 / 5



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A scene from The life of St. Francis, by Giotto 3 / 5



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Altparpiece, by Roger van der Weyden

use of gold

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oil on a wood panel

richcolours

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The hay-cart, by Hieronymus Bosch 5 / 5



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Romanesque painting

Apse of Sant Climent de Taüll

evangelist

position of giving blessingsChrist in Glory mandorla

a book withthe words: “I am the light of the world”

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