GOTHIC – Study Guide / Guiding Questions
1. How did Gothic Cathedrals reflect and enhance the religious fervor of its day?
2. Describe the composition of the Rose window from the Chartres Cathedral.
2. Explain the process of making stained glass windows.
3. Compare and contrast the sculpture of the Early Gothic and High Gothic periods.
4. Which cathedral won the race for height? How did they do it?
5. Define these terms:
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Pinnacle
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Vaulting web
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Diagonal rib
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Springing
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Nave arcade
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Compound pier with shafts (responds)
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Flashing
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Leaded
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cames
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plate tracery
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bar tracery
1. How did the builders at Reims and in Sainte-Chapelle carry the High Gothic style
further both architecturally and sculpturally?
2. Compare and contrast the High Gothic and Late Gothic styles.
3. Describe the evolution of Illuminated manuscripts in France.
4. What were the luxury arts of Gothic France?
5. Define these terms:
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Rayonnant
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Mullions
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Flamboyant style
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Ramparts
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Battlements
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Crenellations
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Merlons
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Crenels
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Keep
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Moralized Bible
1. What are the variations of the Gothic Style in England?
2. Explain the decorated and perpendicular variations of the Gothic style in England.
3. What are the distinctive and complex sculptures displayed in the tomb of Edward II.
4. Explain the medieval mind set as shown in the Mappamundi of Richard De Bello.
5. Define these terms:
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Corbel
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Decorated Style
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Perpendicular Style
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Fan Vault
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Ogee arches
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Mappamundi
1. What are the variations of the Gothic Style in Germany?
2. Describe the distinctive features of the Death of the Virgin from the Strasbourg
Cathedral.
3. What are the variations of the Gothic Style in Italy?
4. Explain what happens when a building is designed by committee as seen with the
Cathedral of Milan.
5. Define these terms:
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Hallenkirche
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Donor Portraits
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Pieta
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Ambo