Gothic Art

France 12th-14th CenturiesEngland 14th Century

(Italy covered in separate presentation)

Chartres Cathedral

Comparative cathedral nave elevations: Paris, H. 115' (35 M), W. 40' (12 M); Chartres, H. 120' (37 M), W. 45' 6" (17 M); Reims H. 125' (38 M), W. 46' (14 M); Amiens, H. 144' (44 M), W. 48' (15 M)

Saint-Denis, 1140-1144, Saint-Denis, France

1st Gothic Church

Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. View from the South. Begun 1163; choir chapels, 1270s; crossing spire, 19th-century replacement

West Façade, Chartres Cathedral,West façade begun c. 1134; cathedral rebuilt after a fire in 1194; building continued to 1260; north spire 1507–1, Chartres, France

High Gothic

Chartres Cathedral, air view* from Southeast

Nave, Chartres Cathedral

Chartres Cathedral, plan

West façade, Amiens Cathedral Height of figures, 7–8‘, 1220–36/40 and continued through the 15th century,Amiens, France

High Gothic

Plan of Amiens

Nave, Amiens Cathedral

Quatrefoils, West façade, Amiens Cathedral

Amiens Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral , 1220–58; west façade finished 1265; spire c. 1320–30; cloister and chapter house 1263–84.Salisbury, England

English Gothic

Salisbury Cathedral, Plan

Nave, Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury, England

Upper Chapel, Sainte-Chapelle 1243–48, Paris

Rayonnant Gothic

Saint-Maclou, 1500-1514, Rouen, France

Flamboyant Style

Dormition (Death) of The Virgin, c. 1240South transept portal tympanum, Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, France

Ekkehard and Uta , Stone, originally polychromed, approx. 6'2”, c. 1245–60West chapel, Naumburg Cathedral, Naumburg, Germany

Saint Maurice, Dark sandstone with traces of polychromy, c. 1240–50Magdeburg Cathedral, Magdeburg, Germany

West Façade, Central Portal, Right Side, Reims Cathedral

Royal Portal, West Façade, Chartres Cathedral, 1145-55

Virgin of Paris, early 14th century, Notre Dame, Paris

Rottgen Pieta, wood, 1300, Bonn, Germany

Masons At Work

Page with Queen Blanche of Castile and Louis IX, Moralized Bible, Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum15 x 10½“, 1226–34,Paris