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Art and Architecture of the Renaissance: Compare / Contrast with the Gothic and Rayonnant Periods
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Gothic and Rayonnant:
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The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life.
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Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches.
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St. Denis Outside of Paris, France Early Gothic Abby Church King’s Church 1140-1144
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Laon Cathedral 1160 Oxen on the spires tells how we can afford to have the cathedral. Example of taxation by the church. Bishop’s Church 4 floors: 1 st floor is called the arcade; 2 nd floor is the gallery; 3 rd floor is the triforium; 4 th floor is the clerestory.
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Notre Dame Paris, France 1163
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Chartres Cathedral South of Paris in the city of Chartres, France 1194-1220 Church is in two styles because of a fire. – Romanesque and Gothic
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Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches. Ribbed Vaults
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Ste. Chapelle King Louis IX Rayonnant style
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St. Denis
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Notre Dame
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Chartres Cathedral
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Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches. Ribbed Vaults Flying Buttresses
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Chartres Cathedral
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Laon Cathedral
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Amiens Cathedral: 1220-1236
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Amiens Cathedral
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Beauvais Cathedral: 1225-1272 tallest Cathedral in Europe at the time 159 feet at the nave.
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Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches. Ribbed Vaults Flying Buttresses Stained glass. – Better light for God. The church is bathed in God’s light.
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Amiens Cathedral
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Ste. Chapelle Cathedral
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Chartres Cathedral
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Beauvais Cathedral:
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Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches. Ribbed Vaults Flying Buttresses Stained glass. – Better light for God. The church is bathed in God’s light. Radiating Chapels: Used for storing religious relics. (to show off to the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostella)
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Radiating Chapels:
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Chartres Cathedral: Radiating Chapels
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Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
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Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral
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Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral
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Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle:
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Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle: – Crown of thorns
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Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle: – Crown of thorns – A fragment of the true cross
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Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle: – Crown of thorns – A fragment of the true cross – The holy Lance
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Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle: – Crown of thorns – A fragment of the true cross – The holy Lance – The Holy Sponge
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Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle: – Crown of thorns – A fragment of the true cross – The holy Lance – The Holy Sponge – The Mandylion
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