Giorgio Vasari, “The Father of Art History” gave the
name to the ubiquitous buildings exploding from Spain to
Scandinavia, due of his immense dislike of the style.
Abbot Suger,
West façade,
Saint-Denis,
near Paris,
dedicated
1140
Ambulatory of St. Denis, 1140
Diagram of
Rib Vault
Rib vaulting
Nave
Transepts
Radiating Chapels
Transvers
vaulting
Crossing
Choir
Aisles
Ambulatory
Rib Vaulting
Flying
Buttress
Longitudinal
arches
Transverse
Arches
How is the weight or
thrust
of this Design being
supported?
Chartres Cathedral,
c. 1134-1220
13th Century
Chartres Cathedral,
Vew of piers in the
nave arcade,
Chartres Cathedral,
France, 13th
century
The three
portals of
the west
façade,
Chartres
Cathedral,
c. 11401150
Saints Theodore, Stephen,
Clement, and Lawrence,
door jamb statues, south
transept, Chartres
Cathedral.
Old Testament kings
and queens, jamb
statues, central
doorway of Royal
Portal, Chartres
Cathedral, c. 11451155.
Saints Martin, Jerome, and
Gregory, jamb statues,
Porch of the Confessors
(right doorway), south
transept, Chartres
Cathedral, Chartres,
France, ca. 1220-1230.
Saints from left
jamb, central
portal (west),
braided lady, two
male saints,
Chartres
Cathedral
Rose Windows and Lancets,
north Transept, virgin and
Child and angels, Choir,
Chartres Cathedral
Central portal, west façade, Chartres Cathedral
Tympanum, lintel, and archivolts
What is the decorative style?
England’s addition to the high Gothic style with
extra ribbing and ornamentation of the vaults
What is the flamboyant style?
Late Gothic; pointed arches; decorative
ornamentation on the outside of the building
Perpendicular style?
England in the Late Gothic period, more vertical
buildings and more ornamentation.
Amiens Cathedral,
Robert De
Luzarches, Thomas
De Cormont,
Renaud de
Cormont,
1220sSouth View
Notre Dame
Cathedral,11631250, 13th
Century
Reims,
Cathedral
Notre-Dame ;
France;
1211-end of
13 Century
Amiens Notre
Dame
Cathedral
Amiens, France
13th Century
Visitation, jamb statues of central doorway,
west façade,Reims Cathedral, Reims, France,
Beauvais Cathedral ,
Beauvais France,
1220-1230 Collapsed in 1284
Virgin of Paris, Notre
Dame Paris, France,
early 14th Century
West façade of
Saint Maclou,
Rouen, France,
c. 1500-1512