Gothic History through Art
Plan of Chartres
Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
begun 1134
rebuilt beginning 1194
Royal Portal, west
facade
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1145-1155
Old Testament queen and
two kings, jamb statues,
doorway of Royal Portal
West façade of Laon Cathedral
Laon, France
begun ca. 1190
Plan and nave of Laon Cathedral
Laon, France
begun ca. 1190
nave of Laon Cathedral
Laon, France
begun ca. 1190
Gothic Cathedral
Clerestory
Triforium
Gallery
Arcade
Laon
Gothic nave elevations
Paris
Chartres
Amiens
South façade of Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris, France
begun 1163, nave & flying buttresses ca. 1180-1200, remodeled after 1225
Virgin and Child and Angels
(Notre Dame de la Belle Verrière)
choir of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1170
stained glass
16 ft. x 7 ft. 8 in.
Jesse Tree
West facade of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1150-1170
stained glass
Triforium wall of the nave
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1200-1260
Rose Window and lancets
north transept of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1220
stained glass
rose approximately 43 ft. in diameter
Robert de Luzarches,
Thomas de Cormont,
and Renaud de Cormont
West facade of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont,
and Renaud de Cormont
East facade of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
Robert de Luzarches,
Thomas de Cormont,
and Renaud de Cormont
nave of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
West façade of Reims Cathedral
Reims, France
begun ca. 1225-1290
Nave of Reims Cathedral
Reims, France
begun ca. 1225-1290
Hall of the Cloth Guild
Bruges, Netherlands
begun. 1230
Blanche of Castille, Louis IX
and two monks
dedication page (folio 8 recto)
of a moralized Bible
from Paris, France
1226-1234
ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum
15 x 10 1/2 in.
Bamberg Rider
statue in the east choir
Bamberg Cathedral
Bamberg, Germany
ca. 1235-1240
sandstone
7 ft. 9 in. high
Virgin with the Dead Christ
Röttgen Pietà
from the Rhineland, Germany
ca. 1300-1325
painted wood
2 ft. 10 1/2 in. high
Arm Reliquary of Charlemagne
from Aachen, Germany
1481
gilt silver and enamel
85 cm high
Duccio di Buoninsegna
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
from the Maestà altarpiece
from Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy
1308-1311
tempera on wood
7 ft. x 13 ft.
Limbourg Brothers
May from
Les Très Riches Heures
du Duc de Berry
1413-1416
ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
English: Anatomical Man,
Les Très Riches Heures du
duc de Berry.
This is ASTROLOGICAL
man too. Look at the signs
of the zodiac. They
correspond to each part of
the body, starting with
Pisces, the feet, and
working up their way to the
head, with Aries, the ram,
that has sacred
connotations.
Limbourg Brothers
Anatomical Man
1413-1416
ink and tempera on vellum
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Neroccio de Landi
Italian
Portrait of a Lady
Tempera on Wood Panel
1490 C.E.