Gothic Europe Review Sheet
French Gothic
Saint-Denis, France, 1140 (rebuilt by Abbot Suger), France
Chartres Cathedral, 1150, France
Laon Cathedral, 1190, France
Notre-Dame, Paris, 1200
Luzarches, De Cormont, Amiens Cathedral, France, 1220
Reims Cathedral, France, 13th c.
Saint-Chapelle, Paris, mid 13th c. (Court Style)
Saint-Maclou, France, 1500
Fortified town of Caracassone, 12th-13th c., France
Hall of the Cloth Guild, 1230, Belgium
House of Jacques Coeur, 1450, France
Villard de Honnecourt, Figures based on geometric shapes, Sketchbook from Paris,
1230
God as Architect, Moralized Bible from Paris, 1220
Blanche of Castile, Louis IX and 2 monks, Moralized Bible from Paris, 1230
Abraham and 3 angels, Psalter of Saint Louis, 1250
Master Honore, David anointed by Samuel, Breviary of Philippe le Bel, 1296
Jean Pucelle, David before Saul, Belleville Breviary, 1325
Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux, St. Denis, 1339
Castle of Love and Knights Fighting, 1330
English Gothic
Salisbury Cathedral, 1330, England
Gloucester Cathedral, 1330, England
Robert and William Vertue, Westminster Abbey, England, 1500
Holy Roman Empire
Gehrad of Cologne, Cologne Cathedral, 1248, Germany
Saint Elizabeth, Germany, 1235
Starsbourg Cathedral, 1230, France
Ekkehard & Uta statues in Naumburg Cathedral, 1250, Germany
Bamberg Rider, Bamberg Cathedral, 1240
Rottgen Pieta, Germany, 1300
Nicolas of Verdun, Sacrifice of Isaac, 1181
Nicolas of Verdun, Shrine of 3 Kings, 1190
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Radiating chapels
Ambulatory
Abbot Suger
Choir
Rib vault
Pointed arch/ ogival arches
Armature
Webs
Vaults
Bays
Lux nova
Rose windows
Jambs
Façade
Early Gothic
Late Gothic
High Gothic
Thierry of Chartres
Tympanum
Marians
Scholasticism
Thomas Aquinas
Sexpartite rib vaults
Triforium
Arcades
Elevation
Clerestory
Transept
Crossing
Oculus window
Flying buttresses
Pinnacle
Piers
Vaulting web
Diagonal rib
Transverse rib
Springing
Compound pier
Lancet window
Indulgences
Stained glass window
Bar tracery
Plate tracery
Glaziers
Leading
TERMS TO KNOW
Trefoil
Quatrefoil
Gables
Beau Dieu
Rayonnet Style
Louis IX
Fleur-de-lis
Ramparts
Crenellations
Battlements
Parapets
Merlons
Villard de Honnecourt
reliquary
screen façade
rectilinear
perpendicular style
fan vaults
pendants
effigies
Ekkehard and Uta
Polychrome wood sculpture
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