This theme helps students focus on the new light (lux nova) desired by Abbott Suger for St. Denis as well as the competitive rush to the skies that will be manifest in the cathedrals built during the Gothic period.
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Life is a pilgrimage in preparation for the afterlife.
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Abbot Suger and the birth of Gothic architecture.
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Harmony is the source of all beauty because it exemplifies the laws according to which divine reason has constructed the universe.
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Gothic architectural styles, technology, and vocabulary outside of France: England, Germany and Italy
(evolution of distinct regional styles)
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Emergence of a court style.
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Cult of the Virgin.
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Innovative technology in the use of vaulting and stained glass.
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Comparison of classical idealism with Gothic naturalism (reflecting the interests of secular patrons and townspeople).
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Movement of scholasticism attempts to reconcile faith and reason.
Abbot Suger, St. Denis; light and meditative spiritual space; cities, universities; Early Gothic wall elevations;
High Gothic wall elevations; Cathedrals; Messages in colored light; guilds; scholasticism; Canterbury Tales; spread of Gothic; Chivalry and royal courts of love; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Louis IX; Royal Portals of Chartres;
Early to High Gothic vaulting methods; buttresses; stained glass; the vocabulary of the window; secular architecture; Villard de Honnecourt; Gothic style outside France.
Date
Tues.
12/10/13
Topic
Age of Cathedrals
Gothic Painting
Wed.
12/11/13
Thurs.
12/12/13
Fri.
12/13/13
French Early & High Gothic Architecture
*Include ALL floor plans with elements labeled.
French Late & Flamboyant Gothic Architecture
English Gothic
*Include ALL floor plans with elements labeled.
Gothic Sculpture
Practice Essays
Works of Art
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Chartres Rose Window
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Blanche of Castile and Louis IX (Bible)
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Good Samaritan Window
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Saint-Denis
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Notre Dame
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Chartres Cathedral
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Saint-Chapelle (France)
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Saint-Maclou (France)
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Salisbury Cathedral (England)
 King’s Chapel
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Royal Portals (Chartres Cathedral)
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Annunciation and Visitation (Reims
Cathedral)
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R
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Virgin of Paris
Study for TEST! Mon.
12/16/13
Tues.
12/17/13
Units 12 & 13 TEST! Begin studying for you cumulative final.
Units 1-13!!!
Chevet; Choir; Close; Compound Pier; Fan Vault; Flying Buttress; Moralized Bible; Ogee Arch; Pieta;
Pinnacle; Portal; Rib Vault; Rose window; Illuminated Bible; Pointed Arch; Rayonnant; Flamboyant; Spire