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Gothic Art
Works of Art and Artists
Manuscript page from the Life of Saint Denis, completed 1317.
Interior of Saint-Denis, near Paris, dedicated 1140.
Carpenters’ Guild Signature Window, detail of a stained-glass window, Chartres Cathedral, early 13th century.
West façade, Saint-Etienne, Caen, Normandy, France, 1067-87.
Nave, Saint-Etienne, Caen.
Nave, Durham Cathedral, England, begun 1093.
West facade, Chartres Cathedral, c. 1140-50.
South wall of Chartres Cathedral, 13th Century.
Royal Portal of the west façade, Chartres Cathedral, c. 1140-50.
Tympanum, lintel, and archivolts of the central portal, west façade, Chartres Cathedral, c. 1145-70.
Door jamb statues, west façade, Chartres Cathedral, c. 1145-70.
Saints Theodore, Stephen, Clement, and Lawrence, door jamb statues, south transept, Chartres Cathedral, 13th
century.
Nave, Chartres Cathedral, looking east.
Rose window and lancets, north transept, Chartres Cathedral, 13th century.
West facade, Reims Cathedral, France, begun 1211.
Nave, Reims Cathedral, 1211 – c. 1290.
Annunciation and Visitation, door jamb statues, Reims Cathedral, c. 1225 - 45.
Nave, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 1243-48.
Salisbury Cathedral, England, begun 1220.
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England, founded 1441.
Glossary Terms
armature
chevet
compound pier, cluster pier
elevation
flying buttress, flyers
guild
masterpiece
ribbed vault
tracery
triforium
World Wide Web
http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/tl/gothic/ - Gothic Painting (by the WebMuseum, Paris) several pages of
text
http://www.saumag.edu/art/studio/study/guide-9.html - Gothic Art and Architecture – a study guide, one
page with bulleted info
http://keller.clarke.edu/~jlingen/gothic.htm - Gothic Art - World Wide Web and good descriptions
http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLTnoframes/literary/gothicart.html - Gothic Art, one page of text
with a few images, informative and interesting.
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http://library.thinkquest.org/29313/pages/gothic_art/gothic_art.html - The Internet Art Museum’s Gothic
Art, Cathedrals, Sculpture – brief text surrounded by images available for enlargement.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8063/gothic.html - Gothic Art - primarily a description of the
creation of the gothic style.
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