AP Art History                      Chapter 13: Gothic Art                                        Mrs. Cook  

Define these terms: Key Cultural & Religious Terms: Scholasticism, disputatio, indulgences, lux nova, Annunciation, Visitation, opere francigeno, opus modernum Key Art Terms: stained glass, glazier, flashing, cames, leading, plate tracery, bar tracery, fleur‐de‐lis, Rayonnant, Flamboyant, mullions, moralized Bible, breviary, Perpendicular style, ambo, altarpiece, triptych, pieta Key Architectural Terms: altar frontal, rib vault, armature, webs, pointed arch, jamb figures, trumeau, triforium, oculus, flying buttress, pinnacle, vaulting web, diagonal rib, transverse rib, springing, clerestory, lancet, nave arcade, compound pier (cluster pier), shafts (responds), ramparts, battlements, crenellations, merlons, crenels, fan vaults, pendants, Gothic Revival, Hallenkirche (hall church) 

Exercises for Study: 1. Describe the key architectural features introduced in the French cathedral design in the Gothic era. 2. Describe features that make English Gothic cathedrals distinct from their French or German counterparts. 3. Describe the late Gothic Rayonnant and Flamboyant styles, and give examples of each. 4. Compare and contrast the following pairs of artworks, using the points of comparison as a guide. 

A. Old Testament kings and queen, jamb statues, Chartres Cathedral (Fig. 13‐7); Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris), Notre‐Dame, Paris (Fig. 13‐26) 

• Dates: 

• Composition/posture of figures: 

• Relation to architecture: B. Saint Theodore, jamb statue, left portal, Porch of the Martyrs, Chartres Cathedral (Fig. 13‐18); Naumburg Master, Ekkehard and Uta, Naumburg Cathedral (Fig. 13‐48): 

• Dates: 

• Subjects: 

• Composition/posture of figures: 

• Relation to architecture: C. Interior of Saint Elizabeth, Marburg, Germany (Fig. 13‐53); Interior of Laon Cathedral, Laon, France (Fig. 13‐9) 

• Dates & locations: 

• Nave elevation: 

• Aisles: 

• Ceiling vaults: 

• Other architectural features: 

Chapter Questions: 1. Giorgi Vasari first used "Gothic" to describe medieval art and architecture as______and ______(365) 2. Read the beige insert on page 367. Within 15 years of becoming abbot of ________-_______,

________ began to rebuild its Carolingian basilica. His aim was to increase ______ and rebuild France's royal church in grand fashion.

3. Read the beige insert on page 375. How are stained-glass windows made? 4. How was light used differently in Byzantine and Gothic architecture? (376) 5. Read the beige insert on page 385. Who was patron to the Parisian Rayonnant court style? (385) 6. What are some difference of English Gothic and French Gothic? (389) Explain the differences on

Salisbury Cathedral. (389) 7. Compare and contrast (figure 13-46) the Death of the Virgin with (figure 13-24) the Visitation. (393) 8. Compare and contrast (figure 13-47) the Crucifixion with (figure 11-28) the Gero Crucifix. (394) 9. Compare and contrast (figure 13-49) Equestrian portrait with (figure 11-12) Equestrian portrait of

Charlemagne of Charles the Bald with (figure 7-59) with Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. (395)

AP Art History                      Chapter 13: Gothic Art                                        Mrs. Cook