Gothic Art in France
Characteristics of Gothic Style
• Elegant soaring buildings
• Light – through stained glass
• Ribbed Groin vaults• Pointed Arch• Flying buttresses
and high walls
Politics and Society
• Development of Towns
• Economy
• Intellectual pursuits
• Age of the Cathedral
Black Death: The Bubonic Plague
Suger, St. Denis, 1140-44, Gothic
Floor plan of choir
Interior with windows
Stained Glass Windows
Chartres Cathedral, c.1134-1220, Gothic
Gothic Art in France
Royal Portal, West Façade Chartres, c.1145-55
Rose Window, Chartres Cathedral, c.1224, Gothic
Plate tracery and Bar tracery
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, 1163-c1270, Gothic
Piers and Columns
Flying Buttresses
Reims Cathedral, c.1211-1428
Annunciation & Visitation, c.1230-45, Gothic
Sainte-Chapelle, c.1243-48, Rayonnant Gothic
Independent Sculpture
Virgin and Child, c.1339, International Gothic Style
Developments in Manuscript Illumination
• Center moves to Paris
• Rise of University – rise in books
• Cottage industry
• New types of books develop
Lodge Books
• Tool of master mason
• Visual guide
• Describes how to create the elements
Bible Moralisee, 1266-34, Gothic
Psalter of Saint Louis, 1253-70, Court Style/Gothic
Pucelle, Book of Hours of Jeanne d’Evereux, c.1325-28,
Gothic
Perpetual Calendar
Book of Hours of Jeanne d’Evereux
Annunciation detail
Political Situation
• Plantagenet dynasty (1154-1485)
• Conflicts
• Territory changes
• Great Patrons of the Arts/Architecture
Cistercian Example
Salisbury Cathedral, c.1220-58, English Gothic
Gothic Castle layout
Germany & The Holy Roman
Empire
Political Situation
• Decentralized
• Hall church
• Emperors and patrons of the arts
• Sculptural center - Mosan
Verdun, The Shrine of the Three Kings, c.1190-1205,
Gothic
Ekkehard and Uta, c.1245-60, Gothic
Vesperbild, c.1330, Gothic
Political Situation
• Age of division and economic expansion
• Germany/Holy Roman Empire no longer a force
• France & Spain & Papal Authority & Independent City States
• Artist emerges end of 13th century
Cimabue, Virgin and Child Enthroned, c.1280, Gothic
Giotto, Arena Chapel, 1305-6, Gothic