Gothic Test Exam Review
It is important that you:
Are able to draw a Early Gothic and High Gothic elevation (interior)
Can discuss the events that lead to the rebuilding of Chartres
Can identify the different churches and their cities
Discuss the birthplace of Gothic, its architect, church and structural invention that permitted the
opening of space and lux nova.
Can identify and describe the stylistic differences between French, English and Italian Gothic?
Identify the varying types of Gothic: Early, High, Rayonnant and Flamboyant and the churches in which
these styles appear.
Can discuss the development of Gothic figurative sculpture from Romanesque-styled figures of Chartres
Royal Portal and South Porch to Reims’ Visitation.
Understand the importance of relics and reliquaries as well as identifying which saint the reliquary was
created
Describe in technical terms advantage of a vault with pointed arches over those with rounded arches.
Can identify and describe which works of sculpture reveal the influence of the classical world.
Be able to identify the sources for Romanesque sculptural decoration.
Are familiar with the various manuscripts; their patrons, subjects; etc.
Able to identify a hallenkirche and its characteristics
Can identify the influence of Scholasticism in works of architecture