GOTHIC ART1200-1500

Giorgio Vasari, “The Father of Art History” gave the name to the ubiquitous buildings exploding from Spain to Scandinavia, due of his immense dislike of the style.

Abbot Suger,West façade, Saint-Denis, near Paris, dedicated 1140

Ambulatory of St. Denis, 1140

Diagram ofRib Vault

Nave

Radiating Chapels

Aisles

Crossing

Choir

Rib vaulting

Ambulatory

Transepts

Transverse vaulting

How is the weight or thrust of this Design being supported?

FlyingButtress

Rib Vaulting

Transverse Arches

Longitudinalarches

Chartres Cathedral,

c. 1134-122013th Century

Chartres Cathedral,

Vew of piers in the nave arcade, Chartres Cathedral, France, 13th century

The three portals of the west façade, Chartres Cathedral, c. 1140-1150

Saints Theodore, Stephen, Clement, and Lawrence, door jamb statues, south transept, Chartres Cathedral.

Old Testament kings and queens, jamb statues, central doorway of Royal Portal, Chartres Cathedral, c. 1145-1155.

Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory, jamb statues, Porch of the Confessors (right doorway), south transept, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1220-1230.

Saints from left jamb, central portal (west), braided lady, two male saints, Chartres Cathedral

Rose Windows and Lancets, north Transept, virgin and Child and angels, Choir, Chartres Cathedral

Central portal, west façade, Chartres Cathedral

Tympanum, lintel, and archivolts

What is the decorative style?England’s addition to the high Gothic style with extra ribbing and ornamentation of the vaultsWhat is the flamboyant style? Late Gothic; pointed arches; decorative ornamentation on the outside of the buildingPerpendicular style?England in the Late Gothic period, more vertical buildings and more ornamentation.

Amiens Cathedral, Robert De Luzarches, Thomas De Cormont, Renaud de Cormont, 1220sSouth View

Notre Dame Cathedral,1163-1250, 13th Century

Reims, Cathedral

Notre-Dame ; France;

1211-end of 13 Century

Amiens Notre Dame CathedralAmiens, France 13th Century

Visitation, jamb statues of central doorway, west façade,Reims Cathedral, Reims, France, c. 1230

Beauvais Cathedral , Beauvais France,1220-1230 Collapsed in 1284

Virgin of Paris, Notre Dame Paris, France, early 14th Century

West façade of Saint Maclou, Rouen, France, c. 1500-1512