This chapter explores Gothic art and architecture, which followed Early Medieval and
Romanesque and serves as the latter of the three periods known as the Middle Ages.
Gothic art and architecture, which is synonymous with “height and light”, is the final
period before to the Early Renaissance blossoms in Europe.
NOTE: Be prepared for some
REVIEW QUESTIONS on the Chapter Test.
TOPIC:
ART OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
REVIEW YOUR NOTES AND READING QUIZZES FROM THIS CHAPTER
We will be studying Fourteenth-Century Art in Europe as our next topic. Feel free to
scan the pages in that section and take some notes in order to get a head start.
TERMS:
Flying buttress (496), cames (497), stringcourse (499), fleur-de-lis (503), triforium (502),
lancet (502), plate tracery (502), quatrefoils (503), hall church (518), trefoils (518),
margrave (521)
DIAGRAMS:
Know The Gothic Church diagram (499). Know the following features for READING QUIZ 42:
Gable, rose window, string-course, lancet, buttress pier, flying buttress, tracery, apsidal chapels
Grisailles:
Gray (uncolored) areas of stained glass window
Tiercerons:
Additional strips of ribs on a vaulted ceiling, not necessary for support
CONCEPTS TO KNOW:
The Gothic Style began about 1140 in the monasteries around Ile-de-France (491)
Know where the term “Gothic” came from. Know the connotation it carried when first coined (492)
Abbot Suger of St. Denis played a large role in the widespread use of light and large windows (494-95).
Understand Scholasticism and the influence of Thomas Aquinas (493)
Know what caused continual battles between France and England during the Gothic period (493)
Be able to interpret and fully describe the reliefs on the Chartres Royal Portal (498-500)
Be able to compare and contrast the façades and overall plans of French Gothic (Chartres, Reims) with
those of the façades and overall plans of English Gothic (Salisbury Cathedral) (515-516)
Know the discussion regarding Ekkehard and Uta at Naumburg Cathedral (521)
Be able to compare and contrast the carvings of Nicola Pisano (16-32) with his son, Giovanni (16-33)
in terms of style and depiction of figures (524-525)
LECTURE SLIDES:
TITLE
Europe in the Gothic Era
LOCATION
Line Art
YEAR
Scenes from Genesis, Good Samaritan Window
Chartres, France
1200-1210
Ambulatory and Apse Chapels, Saint-Denis*
France
1140-1144
Plan of the Choir, Saint-Denis*
France
1140-1144
Saint-Denis (interior)
France
1140-1144
Saint-Denis the martyr
Modern photogrpah
The Martyrdom of St. Denis, Joseph Léon Bonnat
Pantheon, Rome
Elements of Architecture: Rib Vaulting
Line Art
The Flight into Egypt, Saint-Denis
France
1140-1144
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris (exterior)*
France
1163-1270
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris (façade)*
France
1163-1270
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris (interior)*
France
1163-1270
1833-1922
REMEMBER: Columns with Bud Capitals, Temple of Amun Karnak, New Kingdom
1,075 BCE
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris (colored glass)
France
1163-1270
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres (aerial)*
France
1134-1260
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres (façade) *
France
1134-1260
Royal Portal, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres*
France
1134-1260
REMEMBER: Trumeau, Priory Church of Saint-Pierre Moissac, France
1115
Schematic drawing of Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres Line Art
1134-1260
Masons at Work, Picture Bible
Paris
1240
Plan of Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres
Line Art
1134-1260
Good Samaritan Window, Chartres
France
1134-1260
Cross section diagram of Chartres
Line Art
Tree of Jesse Window, Chartres
France
1134-1260
Rose window and lancets, Chartres
France
1134-1260
Plan of Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims*
France
1220
COMPARE TO: Plan of Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres Line Art
1134-1260
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims (façade)*
France
1220
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims (interior)**
France
1220
Annunciation and Visitation, central portal, Reims*
France
1220
20 images: National Cathedral of the United States
Washington, D.C.
1907
Schematic drawing of Sainte-Chapelle
Paris
1239-1248
Sainte-Chapelle (interior)*
Paris
1239-1248
REMEMBER: Main Hall, Inner Shrine, Ise
Kofun Period
rebuilt 1993
Holoferne’s Army Crossing Euphrates, Sainte-Chapelle
Paris
1245
Sainte-Chapelle (exterior)
Paris
1239-1248
Drawings of the Interior and Exterior Elevation of Reims
Villard de Honnecourt
1230
Cathedral Nave Elevations, from Louis Grodecki
Line Art
1985
Queen Blanche of Castile& King Louis IX, Moralized Bible
Paris
1226-1234
Moralizations from the Apocalypse, Moralized Bible
Paris
1226-1234
Self-Portrait Kneeling before Virgin & Child, Matthew Paris
England
1250-1259
Psalm I, Windmill Psalter*
London
1270-1280
Salisbury Cathedral (exterior) *
England
1220-1258
Plan of Salisbury Cathedral
England
1220-1258
Salisbury Cathedral (interior) *
England
1220-1258
Salisbury Cathedral from Bishop's Grounds
John Constable
1825
Chapter House at Wells Cathedral
England
1220
Great Hall, Stokesay Castle
England
13th century
Saint Elizabeth (exterior)*
Marburg, Germany
1235-1283
Saint Elizabeth (interior)*
Marburg, Germany
1235-1283
Cologne Cathedral (exterior)
Germany
1248-1880
Cologne Cathedral (interior)
Germany
1248-1880
Altneuschul (interior)*
Prague, Czech Republic
13th century
Altneuschul (exterior)
Prague, Czech Republic
13th century
Shrine of the Three Kings, Nicholas Verdun *
Cologne, Germany
1190-1210
Saint Maurice, Madgeburg Cathedral*
Germany
1240-1250
Saint Maurice, Lucas Cranach the Elder
Germany
1472-1553
Ekkehard and Uta, Naumburg Cathedral*
Germany
1245-1260
REMEMBER: Pulpit at Pisa Baptistery, Nicola Pisano
Pisa, Italy
1260
Nativity, Nicola Pisano*
Pulpit at Pisa Baptistery
1260
Statue of Nicola Pisano, Pisa
Modern photograph
REMEMBER: Cathedral Complex, Pisa
Tuscany, Italy
REMEMBER: Battle Between Romans and Barbarians
Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus 250 CE
Nativity, Giovanni Pisano*
Pulpit at Pisa Baptistery
1302-10
Crucifix, Coppo di Marcovaldo*
San Gimignano, Italy
1250-1270
Church of Saint Francis of Assisi
Italy
1228-1253
Schematic drawing of Church of Saint Francis, Assisi
Italy
1228-1253
Siena Cathedral (exterior)
Italy
1284-1299
Siena Cathedral (interior)
Italy
1284-1299
Miracle of the Crib at Greccio, Church of Saint Francis*
Assisi, Italy
13th-14th cen.
My big favor to you:
section for Chapter Test 4
*possibly a slide identification question. Know the title and location/artist.
**Know the title, location and YEAR.
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