Ch 18 Study Guide Questions #2
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From where does the Flamboyant style take its name?
How is Saint Maclou so radically different from the French High Gothic cathedrals?
How was the town of Carcassonne, France well protected from attack?
How was the guild hall and market of the clothmakers and the house of Jacques Coeur, both of
Bruges, Netherlands, a sign of the growing secularization of urban life in Middle Ages?
How book production change during the Gothic age?
How was geometry practical for drawing and symbolic in meaning for artists and architects
during the Middle Ages?
What is a Moralized Bible and how is the scene shown in the text different from traditional
depictions of Creation?
What served as the inspiration for the dedication page of a moralized Bible presented to Louis IX
from his mother Blanche of Castile?
Compare the Psalter of Saint Louis with the stained-glass windows of Sainte-Chappelle. What
are the hallmarks of the Rayonnant court style of Louis IX in regards to manuscript illumination?
How is the scene of David and Goliath from the Breviary of Philippe le Bel an example of a
continuous narrative? Despite the lack of volume and swaying postures how did Master Honore
pioneer naturalism in the Breviary of Philippe le Bel?
How do the figures and setting of Jean Pucelle’s Belleville Breviary compare to Master Honore’s
Breviary of Philippe le Bel?
How was Pucelle influenced by Duccio and his assistants working in Siena, Italy?
How was the profession of manuscript illuminators changed by 1300? How is that reflected in
the Belleville Breviary?
How is Mary represented in the Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux? What is the purpose of this object?
How does the Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux compare to its contemporary, the Virgin of Paris from
Notre-Dame in Paris?
What are the essential features of English Gothic as seen on Salisbury Cathedral?
What are the essential features of Perpendicular Style as seen in the Choir of Gloucester
Cathedral?
Explain the fan vaults as seen in the Chapel of Henry VII at Westminster Abbey.
How are both the Perpendicular and Flamboyant styles “theatrical” in their own ways?
Explain the purposes for which free-standing tombs served as in the case of Edward II. How is
the tomb designed somewhat as a reliquary?
How were the Gothic Revivalists able to carry on the work of the original builder of Cologne
Cathedral in the 19th century? Why is Cologne Cathedral probably the best example of the goals
and ambitions of the French Gothic architects despite the fact that it is in Germany?
Explain the central features of a hall church? Which tradition features are notably absent?
Read the description of the tympanum relief of the Death of the Virgin. What similarities can
you find between this piece and the art of the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods?
Explain how the artist created such realistic portraits of Ekkehard and Uta from Naumburg
Cathedral.
24. How does the Bamberg Rider compare to the equestrian statuette of Charlemagne and the
equestrian portrait of Marcus Auerlius?
25. Why might individuals find comfort in an object such as the Rottgen Pieta? How does the artist
create such a gruesome depiction of death and grief?
26. Explain how the choice and organization of scenes on the Klosterneuberg Altar is fairly
traditional.
27. What are the hallmarks of Nicholas of Verdun’s style as seen on the Klosterneuberg Altar and
the Shrine of the Three Kings?
28. Which elements of French Gothic design are incorporated in the west façade of Orvieto
Cathedral? Despite the inclusion of those elements, how does Oriveto remain firmly rooted in
the Tuscan Romanesque tradition?
29. For what purpose was the Doge’s Palace in Venice used?
30. Explain how Milan’s Cathedral was built “by committee.”