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Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places : • 12 th to 14 th century • Western Europe (begins in France) People: • Growth of urban centers • Sophisticated courts • Scholasticism • Cult of Virgin Mary Reims Cathedral, ca. 1225– 1290. Fig. 7-1.

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Page 1: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Chapter Seven Gothic Europe

Dates and Places: • 12th to 14th century• Western Europe (begins

in France)

People:• Growth of urban

centers• Sophisticated courts• Scholasticism• Cult of Virgin Mary Reims Cathedral, ca. 1225–1290. Fig. 7-1.

Page 2: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

GothicThemes:• Virgin Mary • Life of Christ and saints• Portraits • Secular lifeForms:• Immense churches• Increasingly optical approach

to figures and space• Lavish ornament and

materials Saint Theodore, Chartres Cathedral, ca. 1230.

Fig. 7-12.

Page 3: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: FranceExample: • Birth of Gothic style • Abbot Suger• Royal church• Rib vaults and pointed

arches• Open space• Stained glass windows,

symbolic light = lux nova Plan, abbey church, Saint-Denis, 1140–1144.

Fig. 7-3.

Page 4: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: France

Notre-Dame, begun 1163. Fig. 7-8.

Page 5: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: FranceExample: • Flying buttresses• Quadrant arches• Rose windows• Towers on heavily

ornamented westwork• Large clerestory of

stained glass windows• Skeletal support system

Notre-Dame, begun 1163. Fig. 7-8.

Page 6: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: FranceExample: • Stained glass window • Lux nova• Stories of the faith• Virgin Mary• Bar tracery

Rose window and lancets, Chartres Cathedral, ca. 1220.

Fig. 7-11.

Page 7: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: France

Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220.

Fig. 7-13.

Page 8: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: FranceExample: • Gothic architects seek

height • Nave bays with arcade,

triforium, and clerestory• Rib vaults, colonettes,

compound piers• Flying buttresses outside

Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220. Fig. 7-13.

Page 9: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: France

Annunciation and Visitation, Reims Cathedral, ca. 1230–1255. Fig. 7-14.

Page 10: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: FranceExample: • Portal jamb sculpture • Compare to Royal Portal

at Chartres• Increasing naturalism• Figures released from

vertical support• Influence of classical

sculpture• Cult of Mary: Visitation

Annunciation and Visitation, Reims Cathedral,

ca. 1230–1255. Fig. 7-14.

Page 11: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: France

Sainte-Chapelle, 1243–1248. Fig. 7-15.

Page 12: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: FranceExample: • Skeletal support • Walls replaced by

stained glass• Rib vaults, mullions• Rayonnant style

Sainte-Chapelle, 1243–1248. Fig. 7-15.

Page 13: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: France

Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, and two monks, 1226–1234.

Fig. 7-18.

Page 14: Chapter Seven Gothic Europe Dates and Places: 12 th to 14 th century Western Europe (begins in France) People: Growth of urban centers Sophisticated courts

Gothic: FranceExample: • Illuminated manuscript• Produced in urban

workshops • Luxury books for private

patrons• Contemporary

architectural style• Courtly elegance

Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, and two monks, 1226–1234. Fig. 7-18.