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THE AGE OF THE GREAT CATHEDRALS
GOTHIC ART
1. What did a Gothic cathedral symbolize to its contemporaries?
2. When and where did the Gothic style originate?
FRENCH GOTHIC
Define or identify the following terms:
Abbot Suger
crenellations
keep
ramparts
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Scholasticism
Vincent of Beauvais
1. List three of the features of the new choir at St. Denis as described by Abbot
Suger that are characteristic of the new Gothic style.
a.
b.
c.
2. List the three structural and/or design features that characterize a Gothic
vault.
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a.
b.
c.
What are the advantages of the pointed arch over the round arch?
.
3. The new spirit of the Gothic period that replaced the severity of Romanesque
themes of judgment and damnation could be symbolized by the dedication of
cathedrals to_____. Her iconography can be seen in the Royal Portals of
Chartres Cathedral, the earliest and most complete surviving Early Gothic
sculptural complex.
.
The following scenes are represented on the tympana:
Right:
Left:.
Central:
The figures carved on the jambs are thought to represent:
In what ways do these jamb figures differ significantly from Romanesque
figures?
a..
b.
c.
4. List three Romanesque features retained in Laon Cathedral.
a.
b. .
c.
List three new Gothic features found in the cathedral.
a.
b.
c.
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5. Draw a diagram of an Early Gothic elevation. Label the characteristic four
stories: nave arcade, vaulted gallery, triforium, and clerestory. (see page 493)
6. What was the function of the flying buttress?
Why was it an essential element of the Gothic architectural vocabulary?
7. Label the following parts of a Gothic church on the diagram below: clerestory,
flying buttress, nave arcade, pinnacle or finial, triforium, vaults. (see page
498)
8. Describe or draw the new bay structure of Chartres that was to become the
norm for High Gothic buildings:
What spatial effect did this create?
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9. What segment of an Early Gothic elevation was eliminated in High Gothic
buildings?
What technical development made this possible?
.
10. What was the theological significance of stained glass windows?
What is the difference between a rose window and a lancet? Draw and label
them.
.
What is the difference between plate tracery and bar tracery?
11. How do the figures of St. Martin, St. Jerome, and St. Gregory from the Porch of
the Confessors and the jamb figures from the Royal Portals of Chartres
Cathedral illustrate the development of Gothic sculpture?
12. The skeletal structure and the high vaults of Amiens Cathedral were possible
because of the masterful use of the High Gothic structural elements. List the
four basic elements.
a.
b.
c.
d. .
13. What are the similarities in the facades of Chartres and Amiens?
What are the differences?
What major change do you see in the façade of .
14. The Rayonnant (Radiant) style that developed in the second half of the13th
century was associated with the court of _____________-.
15. What was the purpose of the Sainte Chapelle in Paris?
How did its structure reflect that purpose?
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16. Describe the pose of the Virgin of Paris that was typical of much later Gothic
sculpture.
.
17. From what did the Late Gothic Flamboyant style derive its name?
.
Give an example of the style:
18. How do the guild hall shown on and the house of Jacques Coeur shown on
reflect the new economic conditions of Northern Europe in the Late Gothic
period?
.
19. Who was Villard de Honnecourt and what did he use as the basis for
drawing many of his figures?
.
20. In what way do the manuscript illuminations illustrated reflect the influence
of the arts of architecture or stained glass?
21. List three characteristics of the style of Master Honoré as seen in the
illumination of David and Goliath shown in
a.
b.
c..
22. What features of the graceful image of the Virgin seen in her to the French
court?
23. What is the meaning of the scene portrayed on the ivory casket shown in and
how does it relate to the concerns of the leisure class?
GOTHIC ART OUTSIDE FRANCE
Define or identify the following terms:
fan vaulting
ogee arch
Mappamundi
1. List five features of Salisbury Cathedral that distinguish it from French Gothic:
a..
b.
c.
d.
e..
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2. The last English Gothic style, seen at Gloucester, is
called____________________.
It is characterized by the following features:
a.
b. .
3. What is at the center of the Hereford map on and what does that tell us about
medieval ways of thinking?
4. The German cathedral of __________was finished in the nineteenth century
when the original thirteenth century plan was discovered. In what way was
its Gothic construction significant for its survival of the severe bombings of
World War II?
5. The church of St. Elizabeth at Marburg is an early example of a favorite
German type of Gothic structure known as a __________
How does it differ from the standard basilican type of church and what is the
reason for the difference?
6. Briefly describe the style used in the depiction of the Death of the Virgin on
Strasbourg Cathedral.
7. Who were Ekkehard and Uta and what is significant about their appearance in
a cathedral?
8. What is a Pieta?
What mood is created by the 14th century example shown in?
.
9. What art form was practiced by Nicholas of Verdun?.
10. How is the façade of Orvieto Cathedral related to those of French gothic
churches?
In what major way does it differ?.
11. What features of the Doge’s Palace in Venice can be considered to be Gothic?
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