Gothic Art: High and Light Gothic art was a style of Medieval art that developed in France out of Romanesque art in the mid-12th century, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture.
Gothic Art For the most part Gothic Art had a very religious bent. It was mainly characterized by Architecture and Sculpture.
Gothic Paintings Most Gothic Paintings were done as Altarpiece and Panel paintings for churches.
The Adoration of the Magi by Lorenzo Monaco
Madonna of Humility with Saints by Puccio Di Simone
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Six Angels by Allegretto Nuzi
Gothic Sculpture Sculpture was the favored artistic endeavor during the Gothic Period. Many of these sculptures appeared on churches and in graveyards.
French ivory Virgin and Child
South portal of Chartres Cathedral
West portal at Rheims Cathedral, Annunciation group
Gothic Architecture Gothic Cathedrals were possible because of two engineering breakthroughs: Ribbed Vaulting Flying Buttresses
Chartres Cathedral Ribbed Vaults
Gothic Ribbed Vaults
St. Giles Cathedral
Flying Buttresses
York Minster Buttresses
Gothic Architecture- Height A characteristic of Gothic church architecture is its height, both absolute and in proportion to its width, the verticality suggesting an aspiration to Heaven
Cologne Cathedral
Gothic Architecture- Light Expansive use of windows The windows were very often filled with stained glass which added a dimension of color to the light within the building, as well as providing a medium for figurative and narrative art.
Sainte Chapelle
Sainte Chapelle- ribbed vaults