Chapter 18--Gothic Europe

Rose window and lancets Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca 1220. Stained glass, rose window 43’ in diameter.

Plan of the east end, Abbey Church of Saint-Denis Saint Denis, France1140-1144

Ambulatory and radiating chapels

Abbey Church of Saint-Denis

Saint Denis, France1140-1144

St. Denis (Denee)Façade

(showing Romanesquefeatures)

Ambulatory and radiating chapels

Abbey Church of Saint-Denis

Saint Denis, France1140-1144

Plan of the choirVaults of the ambulatory and radiating chapels of the choir

Abbey Church of Saint-Denis

Saint Denis, France1140-1144

Gothic Rib Vaults

West facade of

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Francebegun 1134, rebuilt beginning 1194

Royal Portal, west façade Chartres Cathedral ca. 1145-1155

Old Testament queen and two kingsjamb statues, doorway of Royal Portal

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Franceca. 1145-1155

West façade of Laon

Cathedral Laon, France

begun ca. 1190

Nave of Laon Cathedral

Laon, Francebegun ca. 1190

nave of Laon Cathedral

Laon, Francebegun ca. 1190

Gothic nave elevations

Laon Paris Chartres Amiens

Arcade

Gallery

Triforium

Clerestory

South façade of Notre Dame Cathedral Paris, Francebegun 1163, nave & flying buttresses ca. 1180-1200, remodeled after 1225

Gargoyle on Notre DameTower

Gothic Cathedral Diagram

South façade of Notre Dame Cathedral

Paris, Francebegun 1163, nave & flying buttresses ca. 1180-1200, remodeled after 1225

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Francebegun 1134rebuilt beginning 1194

Plan of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Franceas rebuilt after 1194

Nave of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Franceas rebuilt after 1194

Virgin and Child and Angels(Notre Dame de la Belle Verrière)

choir of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Franceca. 1170stained glass16 ft. x 7 ft. 8 in.

Detail of stained-glass rose window, North transept of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, Franceca. 1170stained glass16 ft. x 7 ft. 8 in.

Rose Window and lancets

north transept of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Franceca. 1220stained glassrose approximately 43 ft. in diameter

Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregoryjamb statues, Porch of the Confessors

South transept of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Franceca. 1220-1230

Saint Theodorejamb statue, Porch of the Martyrs

South transept of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Franceca. 1230

Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont,and Renaud de Cormont

nave of Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, Francebegun 1220

Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont,and Renaud de Cormont

Choir vaults of Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, Francebegun 1220

Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont,and Renaud de Cormont

West facade of Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, Francebegun 1220

Christ (Beau Dieu)trumeau statue of central doorway

west facade of Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, Franceca. 1220-1235

St. John the Baptist’s HeadRelic at Amiens

West façade of Reims Cathedral

Reims, Francebegun ca. 1225-1290

Reims West Façade Portal

Nave of Reims Cathedral

Reims, Francebegun ca. 1225-1290

Annunciation and Visitationjamb statues of central doorway

west facade of Reims Cathedral

Reims, Franceca. 1230

Reims Rose Window- interior

interior of the upper chapel

Sainte-Chapelle

Paris, France1243-1248

Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris)

Notre-Dame

Paris, Franceearly 14th century

West façade of Saint-Maclou

Rouen, Franceca. 1500-1540

Flamboyant Gothic Style Rouen Cathedral

Aerial view of the fortified town of Carcassonne, France. Bastions and towers, 12th -13th centuries, restored by Eugene Viollet-Le-Luc

Hall of the Cloth Guild

Bruges, Netherlandsbegun. 1230

House of Jacques Coeur, Bourges France, 1441-1451.

Villard de Honnecourt

Figures based on geometric shapesfolio 18 verso of a sketchbook

from Paris, Franceca. 1220-1235ink on vellum9 1/4 x 6 in.

God as architect of the worldfolio 1 verso of a moralized Bible

from Paris, Franceca. 1220-1230ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum13 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.

Blanche of Castille, Louis IX and two monksdedication page (folio 8 recto) of a moralized Bible

from Paris, France1226-1234ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum15 x 10 1/2 in.

Abraham and the Three Angelsfolio 7 verso of the Psalter of Saint Louis

from Paris, France1253-1270ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum5 x 3 1/2 in.

Master Honoré

David anointed by Samuel and battle of David and Goliathfolio 7 verso of the Breviary of Phillipe le Bel

from Paris, France1296ink and tempera on vellum7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.

Jean Pucelle

David before Saul folio 24 verso of the Belleville Breviary

from Paris, France1325ink and tempera on vellum9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.

Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreaux

from the abbey church of Saint-Denis

Saint-Denis, France1339silver gilt and enamel27 1/2 in. high

The Castle of Love and knights jousting

lid of a jewelry casket

from Paris, Franceca. 1330-1350ivory and iron4 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.

Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England1220-1258; west façade completed 1265;

spire ca. 1320-1330

Nave of Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England1220-1258

Plan of Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England1220-1258

Choir of Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester, England1332-1357

Fan vaults of the chapel of Henry VII Westminster Abbey. London, England1332-1357

Chapel of Henry VII

Westminster Abbey

London, England1503-1519

Tomb of Edward II

Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester, Englandca. 1330-1335

Gerhard of Cologne

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne, Germanybegun 1248

Cologne Cathedral Cologne, Germany begun 1248

Gerhard of Cologne

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne, Germanybegun 1248

• Cologne (Koln) Cathedral was left standing after WW2

nave of Saint Elizabeth

Marburg, Germany1235-1283

Death of the Virgintympanum of left doorway, south transeptStrasbourg Cathedral

Strasbourg, Franceca. 1230

Eckehard and Utastatues in the west choirNaumburg Cathedral

Naumburg, Germanyca. 1249-1255painted limestone6 ft. 2 in. high

Bamberg Riderstatue in the east choirBamberg Cathedral

Bamberg, Germanyca. 1235-1240sandstone7 ft. 9 in. high

Virgin with the Dead ChristRöttgen Pietà

from the Rhineland, Germanyca. 1300-1325painted wood2 ft. 10 1/2 in. high

Nicholas of Verdun

Klosterneuburg Altar

from the abbey church at Klosterneuburg, Austria1181gilded copper and enamel3 ft. 6 3/4 in. high overall

Nicholas of Verdun

Shrine of the Three Kings

from Cologne Cathedral Cologne, Germanyca. 1190silver, bronze, enamel and gemstones5 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. x 3 ft. 8 in.

Nicholas of Verdun

Klosterneuburg Altar

from the abbey church at Klosterneuburg, Austria1181gilded copper and enamel3 ft. 6 3/4 in. high

Arm Reliquary of Charlemagne

from Aachen, Germany1481gilt silver and enamel85 cm high