Gothic Art

THEME: Gothic

The quest for height and light!

Gothic Age: TURMOIL and CHANGE

• 1337 – Hundred Year’s War began• 14th c. - Black Death (kills ¼ population)• 1378-1417 – Great Schism (political/religious

crisis)• Shift in society: monasteries and pilgrims

rapidly expanding secular cities• Independent nations begin to take shape

(starting w/ France)

French Gothic

Ambulatory and radiating chapels

Abbey Church of Saint-Denis

Saint Denis, France

1140-1144

• EARLY GOTHIC• Carolingian basilica “unfit”

for royalty converted into marvelous Gothic church

• Rib vaults on pointed arches• Lux nova

Ambulatory and radiating chapels

Abbey Church of Saint-Denis

Saint Denis, France

1140-1144

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

Abbey Church of Saint-Denis

Saint Denis, France

1140-1144

Round vs. pointed arches

West facade of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

begun 1134, rebuilt beginning 1194

Royal Portal, west facade

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

ca. 1145-1155

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

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

ca. 1145-1155

West façade of Laon Cathedral

Laon, France

begun ca. 1190

Plan and nave of Laon Cathedral

Laon, France

begun ca. 1190

TRIFORIUM

nave of Laon Cathedral

Laon, France

begun ca. 1190

- Sexpartite rib vaults- Pointed arches- TRIFORIUM in 4-part

nave elevation

Gothic nave elevations

Laon Paris Chartres

Amiens

Arcade

Gallery

Triforium

Clerestory

South façade of Notre Dame Cathedral

Paris, France

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

FLYYYYYING BUTTRESSESImportant support function

Holds up nave walls at stress pointsGives Gothic architecture it’s distinctive “look”

Notre Dame Cathedral

Paris, France

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

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

begun 1134rebuilt beginning 1194

1194 - Chartres PART II

Plan of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

as rebuilt after 1194

Nave of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

as rebuilt after 1194

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

choir of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

ca. 1170stained glass16 ft. x 7 ft. 8 in.

Triforium wall of the naveChartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

ca. 1200-1260

Rose Window and lancets

north transept of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

ca. 1220stained glassrose approximately 43 ft. in diameter

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

South transept of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

ca. 1220-1230

2nd “Classical Revolution”

Saint Theodorejamb statue, Porch of the Martyrs

South transept of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

ca. 1230

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

West facade of Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, France

begun 1220

HIGH GOTHIC FACADE

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

East facade of Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, France

begun 1220

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

Choir vaults of Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, France

begun 1220

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

nave of Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, France

begun 1220

- Nave vault = 144 ft.- 3-part elevation- Amiens is the Gothic counterpart to the Byzantine Hagia Sophia

Christ (Beau Dieu)trumeau statue of central doorway

west facade of Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, France

ca. 1220-1235

West façade of Reims Cathedral

Reims, France

begun ca. 1225-1290

Nave of Reims Cathedral

Reims, France

begun ca. 1225-1290

Visitationjamb statues of central doorway

west facade of Reims Cathedral

Reims, France

ca. 1230

Sainte-Chapelle

Paris, France

1243-1248

interior of the upper chapel

Sainte-Chapelle

Paris, France

1243-1248

Rayonnant (radiating) Style

Saint Denis

Notre Dame, Paris

Laon

EARLY GOTHIC HIGH GOTHIC LATE GOTHIC

Notre Dame, Chartres

Notre Dame, Amiens

Notre Dame, Reims

Saint Chapelle

Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris)

Notre-Dame

Paris, France

early 14th century

The elegant S-curve

West façade of Saint-Maclou

Rouen, France

ca. 1500-1540

Carcassone

France

ca. 12th-13th c.

Hall of the Cloth Guild

Bruges, Netherlands

begun. 1230

House of Jacques Coeur

Bourges, France

Ca. 1443-1451

Villard de Honnecourt

Figures based on geometric shapesfolio 18 verso of a sketchbook

from Paris, France

ca. 1220-1235ink on vellum9 1/4 x 6 in.

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

from Paris, France

ca. 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, France

1226-1234ink, 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, France

1253-1270ink, 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, France

1296ink 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, France

1325ink 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, France

1339silver gilt and enamel27 1/2 in. high

The Castle of Love and knights jousting

lid of a jewelry casket

from Paris, France

ca. 1330-1350ivory and iron4 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.

Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England

1220-1258; west façade completed 1265; spire ca. 1320-1330

Plan and Nave of Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England

1220-1258

Nave of Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England

1220-1258

Choir of Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester, England

1332-1357

Tomb of Edward II

Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester, England

ca. 1330-1335Ogee arches

Chapel of Henry VII

Westminster Abbey

London, England

1503-1519

Gerhard of Cologne

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne, Germany

begun 1248

Gerhard of Cologne

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne, Germany

begun 1248

nave of Saint Elizabeth

Marburg, Germany

1235-1283

Death of the Virgintympanum of left doorway, south transeptStrasbourg Cathedral

Strasbourg, France

ca. 1230

Eckehard and Utastatues in the west choirNaumburg Cathedral

Naumburg, Germany

ca. 1249-1255painted limestone6 ft. 2 in. high

Bamberg Riderstatue in the east choirBamberg Cathedral

Bamberg, Germany

ca. 1235-1240sandstone7 ft. 9 in. high

Virgin with the Dead ChristRöttgen Pietà

from the Rhineland, Germany

ca. 1300-1325painted wood2 ft. 10 1/2 in. high

Pietá = pity in Italian

Nicholas of Verdun

Klosterneuburg Altar

from the abbey church at Klosterneuburg, Austria

1181gilded copper and enamel3 ft. 6 3/4 in. high overall

Nicholas of Verdun

Shrine of the Three Kings

from Cologne Cathedral Cologne, Germany

ca. 1190silver, bronze, enamel and gemstones5 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. x 3 ft. 8 in.