Giotto, Sermon to the Birds, c. 1290
Giotto, St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1325
Scholasticism Application of Aristotle to theology Peter Abelard (1079-c.1144), Sic et Non Thomas Aquinas ( ), Summa Theologica
Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, France
Saint-Sernin, nave
Saint-Sernin, crossing
St.-Sernin plan
Tournai Cathedral, Belgium,
Tournai interior
Durham Cathedral, England,
Durham, nave
Gislebertus, Last Judgment, c , Autun, France
Romanesque Sculpture “abstract stylization” “elongated figures” “restless energy” (Fiero 297)
Jeremiah, early 12 th c. St. Pierre, Moissac, France
Chartres Cathedral, France
1100s 1510
Chartres, nave
Chartres, plan
Chartres, flying buttresses
Durham, hidden buttresses
Notre Dame, Paris,
Scholasticism and Gothic Architecture High Scholasticism and High Gothic period both during reign of St. Louis ( ) Both reflect Aristotelianism: truth is in natural details Form shows the totality and the arrangement of parts
Royal Portal, Chartres
Royal Portal, right tympanum,
North Transept, Chartres
Who are these men?
Melchizedek, Abraham, Moses
Gothic Sculpture Movement toward realism, but not totally realistic Increased attention to natural detail Increased emotionalism
The Death of the Virgin, Strasbourg Cathedral, c. 1230
Martini, Annunciation, 1333
Matthew Paris, An elephant and its keeper, c. 1255