Chapter 18 – The Age of Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art AP Art History Chapter 18 – The Age of Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art

Chronology: 1140 - 1500 Early Gothic: 1140-1193 Peter Abelard: 1079-1142 Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis: 1122-1151 King Louis VII of France: r. 1137-1180 Second Crusade: 1147-1149 Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor: r. 1152-1190 Chretien de Troyes, 1160-1190 King Philip Augustus of France: r. 1180-1223 Saint Francis of Assisi: 1182-1226 Royal Portal, Chartres Cathedral ca. 1145-1155

Chronology continued… High Gothic: 1194-1299 University of Paris Founded: ca. 1200 Dante Aligheri: 1265-1321 Capture of Constantinople by Latins Marco Polo in China: 1271-1292 - Fourth Crusade: 1204 Romance of the Rose, Part II King John of England signs Magna Carta: 1215 - ca. 1275-1280 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor: r. 1220-1250 King Philippe Le Bel of France: Romance of the Rose, Part I: ca. 1225-1235 - r. 1285-1314 Saint Thomas Aquinas: 1225-1274 Pope Boniface VIII canonizes King Louis IX (Saint Louis) of France: r. 1226-1270 Louis IX: 1297 Blanche of Castile, Regent of France: 1226-1234 Treaty of Paris between Louis IX and Henry III of England: 1259 Byzantines retake Constantinople: 1261 Amiens Cathedral - Begun 1120

Chronology continued… Chapel of Henry VII Late Gothic: 1300-1500: King Edward II of England: r. 1307-1327 King Charles IV of France: r. 1322-1328 Hundred Years’ War between France and England: 1337-1453 Geoffrey Chaucer: ca. 1343-1400 Black Death first sweeps over Europe: 1347-1350 Great Schism: 1378-1417 Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks: 1453 King Henry VII of England: r. 1471-1509 1503-1519

Europe about 1200

2 views of ambulatory and radiating chapels, abbey church, Saint-Denis, France 1140-1144

Plan of the east end, abbey church, Saint-Denis

Vaults of the ambulatory and radiating chapels of the choir abbey church, Saint-Denis

Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France begun 1134, rebuilt after 1194

Royal Portal West façade, Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France ca. 1145-1155

Old Testament jamb statues, central doorway of Royal Portal Chartres Cathedral

West façade of Laon Cathedral, Laon France begun ca. 1190

Interior views of Laon Cathedral

Elevations of Naves of 4 French Gothic Cathedrals 30’ Laon Paris Chartres Amiens Elevations of Naves of 4 French Gothic Cathedrals

Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France begun 1163 – remodeled after 1225

of Notre Dame Cathedral Alternate views of Notre Dame Cathedral

Chartres Cathedral (nave and plan)

Virgin and Child and angels (Notre Dame de la Belle Verriere) detail Virgin and Child and angels (Notre Dame de la Belle Verriere) Chartres Cathedral – ca. 1170

Rose window and lancets north transept, Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France ca. 1220

Saints Martin, Jerome and Gregory, jamb statues, Porch of the Confessors, Chartres Cathedral ca. 1220-1230

Saints Theodore, Stephen and Clement Chartres Cathedral

Interior views of Amiens Cathedral, Amiens France begun 1220

West façade of Amiens Cathedral Christ (Beau Dieu), trumeau statue of central doorway, west façade

West façade of Reims Cathedral, Reims, France ca. 1225-1290

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

Interior of the upper chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France 1243-1248

Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris), Notre-Dame, Paris, France early 14th century

West façade of Saint-Maclou, Rouen, France ca. 1500-1514

Aerial view of the fortified town of Carcassone, France 12th – 13th centuries

Hall of the cloth guild, Bruges, Netherlands begun 1230

House of Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France 1443-1451

Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux, from the abbey church of Saint-Denis silver gilt and enamel 1339

Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, and two monks, dedication page of a moralized Bible

Abraham and the three angels, Psalter of Saint Louis Paris, France 1253-1270

David anointed by Samuel and Battle of David and Goliath, Master Honore, David anointed by Samuel and Battle of David and Goliath, The Breviary of Philippe le Bel, Paris, France 1296

Jean Pucelle, David before Saul, Belleville Breviary, Paris, France Ca. 1325

Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England begun 1220 Plan for Cathedral Plan

Additional views of the Salisbury Cathedral

Interior of Gloucester Cathedral, detail of ceiling Interior of Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England 1332-1357

Chapel of Henry VII, Westminster Abbey, London, England 1503-1519

Tomb of Edward II Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England ca. 1330-1335

Aerial view of Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany begun 1248

Choir of Cologne Cathedral completed 1322

Interior of Saint Elizabeth, Malburg, Germny 1235-1283

Death of the Virgin, tympanum of left doorway, south transept, Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, France ca. 1230

statues in the west choir, Ekkehard and Uta, statues in the west choir, Naumburg Cathedral, Naumburg, Germany ca. 1249-1255

Equestrian portrait (Bamberg Rider) Bamberg Cathedral ca. 1235-1240

Virgin with the Dead Christ, (Rottgen Pieta) Rhineland, Germany ca. 1300-1325

The Klosterneuburg Altar, from the abbey church detail The Klosterneuburg Altar, from the abbey church at Klosterneuburg, Austria 1181 Sacrifice of Isaac

Shrine of the Three Kings from the Cologne Cathedral

West façade of Orvieto Cathedral Orvieto, Italy begun 1310

Doge’s Palace, Venice, Italy begun ca. 1340-1345

Milan Cathedral Milan, Italy begun 1386

Comparison Section

What are the major changes in Medieval architectural sculpture in relation to its structural setting as seen in St. Sernin at Toulouse (Fig. 17-21), the Royal Portal (Fig. 18-5), and Porch of the Confessors (Fig. 18-15)? (Fig. 18-5) (Fig. 18-15) (Fig. 17-21)

What are the major changes in Medieval architectural sculpture in relation to its structural setting as seen in St. Pierre at Moissac (Fig. 17-23), Saint Theodore at Chartres (Fig. 18-16), and the Visitation figures from Reims Cathedral (Fig. 18-22)? (Fig. 17-23) (Fig. 18-22) (Fig. 18-16)