Ch. 18 Gothic Art 1140-1400
Dates:
Early Gothic, 1140-1194: France
High Gothic,, 1194-1300:
-France: Rayonnant & Flamboyant
-England: Decorated & Perpendicular
Key Architectural Works
-Ambulatory and radiating chapels, Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Saint Denis,
France, 1140-1144
-South façade of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France, begun 1163, nave & flying
buttresses ca. 1180-1200, remodeled after 1225
-Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England, 1220-1258; west façade completed 1265;
spire ca. 1320-1330
-Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France, 1243-1248
-West façade of Saint-Maclou, Rouen, France, ca. 1500-1540
Key Sculptural, Decorative Works
-Royal Portal, west facade of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, begun 1134,
rebuilt beginning 1194
-Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory, jamb statues, Porch of the Confessors
South transept of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1220-1230
-Visitation jamb statues of central doorway, west facade of Reims Cathedral
Reims, France, ca. 1230
-Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris) Notre-Dame, Paris, France, early 14th century
-Death of the Virgin, tympanum of left doorway, south transept, Strasbourg
Cathedral, Strasbourg, France, ca. 1230
-Virgin with the Dead Christ, Röttgen Pietà, from the Rhineland, Germany, ca. 13001320
Terms to Know
Ribbed vaults
Flying Buttress
Arcade
Rose window
Jamb
Tracery
Rayonnant
Flamboyant
Pieta