Art 133-World Art History I
Study Guide, Chapter12 Gothic Art
Pictures/Slides from Text
1. 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, Abby-Church of Saint-Denis, Paris, France, 1137-1144, 12th
Century
2. 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres “Chartres” France, 11451220, 12th 13th Centuries
3. 12.8, 12.9, 12.10, Cathedral of Notre-Dame “Paris”, Paris, France, 1155-1230,
12th 13th Centuries
4. 12.11, 12.12, 12.15, 12.16, 12.17, 12.18, 12.20, 12.21, 12.22, Rebuilt Cathedral
of Notre-Dame “Chartres”, Chartres, France, 1194-1220, 12th 13th Centuries
5. 12.26, 12.27, 12.28, 12.29, Cathedral of Notre-Dame “Reims”, Reims, France,
1225-1290, 13th Century
6. 12.31, 12.32, Sante-Chapelle, Paris, France, 1241-1248, 13th Century
7. 12.38, Master Honore, David and Goliiath, Paris, France, 1296, 13th Century
8. 12.41, Virgin of Jeanne d Evreux, Paris, France, 1339, 14th Century
9. 12.49, 12.50. 12.51, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK, 1220-1265, 13th Century
10.12.55, Jesus Teaching in the Temple and hunting scene, London, UK, 1310-1320,
14th Century
11.12.57, Naumburg Master Choir Screen, Naumburg, Germany, 1255, 13th Century
12.12.60, Roettgen Pieta, Bonn, Germany, 14th Century
Facts/Information from Text
13.The term “Gothic” is derived from a group of tribes inhabiting northern Europe in
the early Middle Ages known as Goths.
14.For a century from about 1150-1250, architecture played the dominant role in the
formation of the Gothic style.
15.Romanesque art had been predominately rural and monastic, while Gothic art, by
contrast becomes increasingly cosmopolitan.
16.The earliest example of Gothic Architecture is the Rebuilding of the Abby-Church
of Saint-Denis by it's Abbot, “Suger” between 1137-1144.
17.Arched bridges that reach upward to support the outward thrust of the nave vault
are called flying buttresses.
18.The use of buttresses allowed for the enlargement of the windows to the point of
being actually, translucent walls creating what is referred to in our text as
“luminosity”.
19.The most elaborate use of the flying buttress discussed in our text are those of the
Cathedral of Notre-Dame “Chartres”.
20.Alone among all major Gothic Cathedrals, Chartres still retains most of it's more
than 180 stained glass windows.
21.The Large round medallion of glass in the center of a facade is known as a Rose
Window.
22.Our sense of Paris as an artistic center, which continues to this day, effectively
begins under the rule of Louis IX, around 1260 CE.
23.During the 13th Century, the production of Illuminated Manuscripts shifted from
rural, monastic scriptoriums to urban workshops.
24.During the high Gothic, freestanding sculpture reappeared with the creation of
cult figures, represented in our text by the “Virgin of Jeanne d Evreux” and the
“Virgin of Paris”.
25.The Gothic style developed in France and very quickly migrated throughout
Europe with major cathedrals erected in England, Germany, Italy and Spain.