Gothic Art
Gothic Art in France
Ile-de-France
Characteristics of Gothic Style Elegant soaring buildings Light – through stained glass Ribbed Groin vaults Pointed Arch Flying buttresses and high walls
Politics and Society Development of Towns Economy Intellectual pursuits Age of the Cathedral
Black Death: The Bubonic Plague
France
Suger, St. Denis, , Gothic
Abbot Suger
Town
Floor plan
Exterior
Sculpture
Interior
Floor plan of choir
Interior with windows
Stained Glass Windows
Chartres Cathedral, c , Gothic
Gothic Art in France
Triforium
Flying Buttress
Ground plan
Nave
Royal Portal, West Façade Chartres, c
Jamb Sculpture
Stained Glass
Details
Rose Window, Chartres Cathedral, c.1224, Gothic
Detail
Plate tracery and Bar tracery
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, c1270, Gothic
West Façade
Gargoyles
Nave drawing
Nave
Ground plan
Piers and Columns
Windows
Flying Buttresses
Portal Sculpture
Reims Cathedral, c
Annunciation & Visitation, c , Gothic
Detail
Comparison
Detail
Sainte-Chapelle, c , Rayonnant Gothic
Interior
Detail
Independent Sculpture
Virgin and Child, c.1339, International Gothic Style
Fleur-de-lis
Book Arts
Developments in Manuscript Illumination Center moves to Paris Rise of University – rise in books Cottage industry New types of books develop
Lodge Books Tool of master mason Visual guide Describes how to create the elements
Bible Moralisee, , Gothic
Psalter of Saint Louis, , Court Style/Gothic
Other page
Pucelle, Book of Hours of Jeanne d’Evereux, c , Gothic
Perpetual Calendar
Book of Hours of Jeanne d’Evereux
Annunciation detail
England
Political Situation Plantagenet dynasty ( ) Conflicts Territory changes Great Patrons of the Arts/Architecture
Cistercian Example
Salisbury Cathedral, c , English Gothic
Interior
Gothic Castle layout
Germany & The Holy Roman Empire
Political Situation Decentralized Hall church Emperors and patrons of the arts Sculptural center - Mosan
Verdun, The Shrine of the Three Kings, c , Gothic
Ekkehard and Uta, c , Gothic
Detail
Vesperbild, c.1330, Gothic
Italy
Political Situation Age of division and economic expansion Germany/Holy Roman Empire no longer a force France & Spain & Papal Authority & Independent City States Artist emerges end of 13 th century
Painting
Cimabue, Virgin and Child Enthroned, c.1280, Gothic
Detail
Giotto, Arena Chapel, , Gothic
Lamentation