Welcome 2/2/2011

Do Now: Describe the

technique used on the Bayeux Tapestry.

Objective – SWBAT: Identify and

analyze the different aspects of Gothic Art.

Office Hours

Tuesday and Thursday – 3:00 – 4:00 from now until May 3rd.

More dates may be added, but this the initial times for now.

We will cover any images you want to review, plus information that we skip.

Art Auction Project Information - Monday

Gothic Art

Background Information

Giorgio Vasari – 1550 (Renaissance) Said that Gothic Art was monstrous and barbarous The humanist of the Italian Renaissance consider

Gothic art the downfall of Rome Ugly and crude

Gothic was an outgrowth of Romanesque Art; however lots of problems 100 Year War (France and England) Black Death (Plague) Crusades Great Schism

Clergy and people welcomed the new type of architectural style

France Gothic Architecture

Chartres Cathedral

France

1145-1155

Western Façade

All that remained after the fire in 1194

Chartres Cathedral

Interior

Aerial View

Chartres Cathedral

Royal Portal of Western Façade

Tympana depict from left to right Christ’s ascension, the second coming, and Jesus in the lap of Mary

C.C.

Rose Window and Lancets

North Transept

1220

Stained glass window

Allowed for natural sunlight

43’ in diameter

“Lux Nova”

Notre Dame

Paris

Begun in 1163

Nave and Flying Buttresses 1180-1200

Remodeled after 1225

Notre Dame

Side View

Wrap - Up

Homework

Define the following words

Gothic Rib Vault Pinnacle Flying Buttresses Vaulting Web Diagonal Rib Transverse Rib

Welcome 2/7/11

Do Now: Identify the

subject details of the following image.

Announcements

Art Auction Project Information – Today

Office Hours – Tuesday and Thursday from now until May 3rd. Additional times may be added if needed. If the afternoon is not convenient we can

schedule to meet at a different time.

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Notre Dame

Virgin of Paris

Early 14th Century

Mary has an “S” curve, typical of late Gothic sculpture

Further humanization in Gothic sculpture

Mary wears a crown, looks more like a Queen than the mother of Jesus.

Reims Cathedral

What components are present that you are able to tell it is a Gothic cathedral?

Reims Cathedral

Western Façade

Rose Window

Three Portal Entryway with Tympana

Kings’ Gallery sits above Rose Window

Reims Cathedral

Kings’ Gallery

All of the Kings of France

More ornate frames

Stretched out every detail

Reims Cathedral

Over Western Façade Tympanum

High Gothic Element – Mary is central theme.

Mary Crowned Queen of Heaven

Reims Cathedral

Doorway of Reims Cathedral

Probably completed by three different sculptors

Shows the annuciation and visitation

Reims Cathedral

1225-1290

Where coronation of King’s of France occurred

France Gothic Art

Figures Based on Geometric Shapes

Villard de Honnecourt – 18 folio from his sketchbook.

Master mason

Book contains building plans, plans of choirs, with radiating chapels, church towers, lifting devices, and other architectural designs

Ink on vellum

1220-1235

God As Architect of the World

1220-1230

Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum

From the Moralized Bibles

Triangle and Circle

Triangle – Trinity

Circle – No beginning or end.

Welcome 2/8/11

Do Now: What is significant

about the different geometric shapes in Gothic Art?

Objective: SWBAT- Identify and

analyze different artwork from Gothic Art and Architecture.

Announcements

Project – Art Auction – Any questions/clarifications? Office Hours – Tuesday and Thursday after school

from 3-4. Homework – Define the following words:

Springing Clerestory Oculus Lancet Triforium Nave arcade Compound pier with shafts/cluster pier Louis IX

Belleville Breviary

Jean Pucelle

David Before Saul, folio 24

Paris, France

Ink and tempera on vellum

Fully modeled figures in architectural setting reveal his study of contemporary painting in Italy.

He was close observer of plants and flowers

Virgin Jeanne d’ Evereux

From Abbey Church of St. Denis

France

1339

Silver gilt and enamel

2’ 3 ½ “ high

Dedication page of moralized Bible

Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, and two monks

Paris, France

1226-1234

Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum

Under Louis IX, medieval France at its most prosperous

England and HRE

Gothic Architecture

England

Salisbury Cathedral

The Plan:

Double transept and flat eastern end is identifiable as English

Four-part rib vaults of the nave follow the Chartres model

Double Transept East

End

Crossing Tower

Salisbury Cathedral

Aerial View

1220-1258

Western façade completed 1265

Uses flying buttresses sparingly

Salisbury CathedralDiffers from French Gothic design with strong emphasis on its three story elevation

Looking East.

Use dark Purbeck marble for moldings.

Welcome 2/8/11

Describe the subject, style, and significance of the following image.

Announcements

Refresher on the Project… http://ezinearticles.com/?Live-Auction-Faux-

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Basically explains the perfect way to run a successful auction.

Remember office hours Tuesday and Thursday 3-4 in 242.

Tomb of Edward II

Gloucester Cathedral in England

1330-1335

Resembles and miniature perpendicular English Gothic Chapel with its gables, ogee arches, and pinnacles

Shrine-like form suggests the deceased is worth of veneration/being remembered

Holy Roman Empire

HRE

Cologne Cathedral

Gerhard of Cologne

Cologne, Germany

Started in 1248

Nave, façade, and towers completed in 1880

19th century portions follow original Gothic plans

Cologne Cathedral

Survived the air raids of WWII in 1944

Cologne Cathedral

Interior

Choir completed in 1322

The nave is 422 feet long

The 150 foot high choir represents the Gothics architect need for height.

Virgin with the Dead Christ

Rhineland, Germany

Painted wood

1300-1325

2’10 ½ “ high

Virgin grieving over the dead Christ reflects the widespread trouble of the 14th century

German interest in emotional imagery

Shrine of Three Kings

Nicholas of Verdun

From Cologne Cathedral in Germany

1190

Silver, Bronze, Enamel, and gemstones

6 feet tall

Shrine of the Three Kings/Maji

Commissioned by Cologne’s archbishop

Used to house relics of the Three Maji

Gave the right for Cologne’s archbishops to crown Kings of Germany

Shrine of the Three Kings

Based off Klosterneuburg Alter

Also completed by Nicholas of Verdun

Klosterneuburg Alter

Last Supper

From Alter by Vernun

Austria

1181

Gilded copper and enamel

Wrap-Up

What are some key elements of the Gothic Cathedrals?

How can you tell a Gothic Cathedral from another religious structure?

Could you compare the components of a mosque with the components of a Gothic cathedral? If so why?

Welcome 2/9/11

Do Now: How do

Romanesque churches differ from Gothic Cathedrals?

Objective: SWBAT Identify and

analyze Gothic images.

Practice writing for the AP exam.

Quick Game of Malarkey

Gothic Cathedral Vocabulary

Just for Max…

Achilles parents were Peleus and Thetis

Thetis was a sea nymph

Peleus was a king

Western façade Altar which is

located at the eastern needs to be closest to Jerusalem, the holiest place for Christians Hence enter East

to West.

Essay Prompt 1

Answer the question: Giorgio Vasari, famous Renaissance artist

and the father of art history stated: Gothic art is monstrous and barbarous.

Select and fully identify one image from the Gothic art or architecture that you believe disproves Vasari’s opinion. Be sure to include the different techniques used and the significance of the structure or piece of art

Essay Prompt 2

Fully identify the architectural structure and explain how it demonstrates the relationship between the government and religion.

Rubric for Scoring

9- Fully indentify piece and answers question completely.

8/7- Fully identifies the piece and partially answers the question (vice versa)

5/6- Fully identifies the piece but does not answer the question (vice versa)