unit eight:  the high middle ages

UNIT Eight:  the high middle ages

Romanesque Architecture

Links to good romanesque web sites:•Santiago de compostella

The Spanish Road to Santiago de Compostela

Ste. Madeleine, Vezelay, France. 1120-32

Vezelay siteNotes

Ste. Madeleine, Vezelay, France. 1120-32

Exterior tympanum

Ste. Madeleine, Vezelay, France. 1120-32

Center tympanum in narthex

Notes

Ste. Madeleine, Vezelay, France. 1120-32

Tympanum of south portal in narthexNotes

Ste. Madeleine, Vezelay, France. 1120-32

Nave

Ste. Madeleine, Vezelay, France. 1120-32

Capital sculpture: demon and woman

Ste. Madeleine, Vezelay, France. 1120-32

A similar layout, just with no transepts. Notice the ambulatory, as at Ste. Foi.

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Here’s a drawing of the abbey, to give you some sense of proportions. We will notice that the rhythm of interior space is consistent with the outward appearance.

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Notes

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

The interior of the church. Notice the rounded arches, the relatively small windows.

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Notes

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Notes

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Notes

Ste. Foi, c. 1080-1120

Notes

Abbey Church, Cluny: 1088-1118Tours, France

gothic Architecture

  The

  Gothic

  Cathedral

Basilique, Saint-Denis

West facade. Added by Abbot Suger. About 1136-40

Exterior: North view.

Basilique, Saint-Denis

Basilique Saint-Denis; France, saint-denis; 1136?-44 (Choir)

Basilique, Saint-Denis

Nave (1231-81).

Basilique, Saint-Denis

West entrance and the ceiling of the nave

Basilique, Saint-Denis

Ceiling of the nave.

Nave

Basilique, Saint-Denis

Stained glasses of the upper part of the nave.

Stained glasses of the upper choir

Basilique, Saint-Denis

Ambulatory and radiating chapels

Basilique, Saint-Denis

The cross-ribbed vaults of the ambulatory

Basilique, Saint-Denis

The upper half, the five-part vaults, is a ceiling of the radiating chapel. The lower half is a ceiling of the ambulatory.

Central portal of the west facade

Basilique, Saint-Denis

The right door panel of bronze

The left door panel of bronze

West front.

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

Back view.

South view.

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

South-west view

Rose window at north transept.

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

From nave to west entrance

From nave to chancel

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

Flying buttress

Interior, North Transept End wall, rose window and lancets, Old Testament scenes

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

Rose window, detail of Abraham(?)

Ambulatory, Chapel of Our Lady of the Seven Doors

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

Ambulatory chapel window : Life of Christ

Exterior, West Façade, Left Door General view, called Portal of the Virgin

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

Exterior, West Façade, Center Door

General view

Exterior, West Façade, Right Door General view, called Portal of St. Anne

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

West Façade, Center Door Left jamb : apostles

West Façade, Center Door Tympanum : Last Judgment

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

Good Notra Dame Site

Plans and DrawingsPlan

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

Drawing of nave section

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

Drawing of nave section, 13th c.

NOTRA DAME Paris; 1163-1250

Drawing of choir section, 12th c.

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

West facade

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Main Portal

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

The right portal of the west facade

The tympanum of the right portal, west facade

The theme of the sculptures of the tympanum is The Virgin and Child in Solemnity.

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

East side, apsidal view

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

The central portal of the north facade

Statues-Colonnes and the detail of the central portal, north facade.

The theme of the sculptures of the tympanum is The Coronation of the Virgin.

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Stained Glass Roundel

Good Chartres Site

Notre Dame, Chartres, France. 1145-1220

Good Chartres Site

NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRALR e i m s, France

General view of west façade

NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRALR e i m s, France

West Façade, Center Door

Left jamb : Presentation in the Temple with Joseph, Mary, Simeon and Anna

NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRALR e i m s, France

Right jamb : Annunciation with Gabriel and Mary;Presentation with Mary and Elizabeth

West Façade, Center Door

NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRALR e i m s, France

Gable over center door : Coronation of the Virgin

West Façade, Center Door

NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRALR e i m s, France

Plan, hatching indicates post-1250 work

NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRALR e i m s, France