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

2. Chronology: 1140 - 1500 Early Gothic: 1140-1193
Peter Abelard:
Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis:
King Louis VII of France: r
Second Crusade:
Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor: r
Chretien de Troyes,
King Philip Augustus of France: r
Saint Francis of Assisi:
Royal Portal, Chartres Cathedral ca

3. Chronology continued…
High Gothic:
University of Paris Founded: ca Dante Aligheri:
Capture of Constantinople by Latins Marco Polo in China:
- Fourth Crusade: Romance of the Rose, Part II
King John of England signs Magna Carta: ca
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor: r King Philippe Le Bel of France:
Romance of the Rose, Part I: ca r
Saint Thomas Aquinas: Pope Boniface VIII canonizes
King Louis IX (Saint Louis) of France: r Louis IX: 1297
Blanche of Castile, Regent of France:
Treaty of Paris between Louis IX and Henry III
of England: 1259
Byzantines retake Constantinople: 1261
Amiens Cathedral - Begun 1120

4. Chronology continued…
Chapel of Henry VII
Late Gothic: :
King Edward II of England: r
King Charles IV of France: r
Hundred Years’ War between France and England:
Geoffrey Chaucer: ca
Black Death first sweeps over Europe:
Great Schism:
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks: 1453
King Henry VII of England: r

5. Europe about 1200

6. 2 views of ambulatory and radiating chapels,
abbey church, Saint-Denis, France

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

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

9. Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
begun 1134, rebuilt
after 1194

10. Royal Portal
West façade,
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France ca

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

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

13. Interior views of Laon Cathedral

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

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

16. of Notre Dame Cathedral
Alternate views
of Notre Dame Cathedral

17. Chartres Cathedral (nave and plan)

18. 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

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

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

21. Saints Theodore, Stephen
and Clement
Chartres Cathedral

22. Interior views of Amiens Cathedral, Amiens France
begun 1220

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

24. West façade of Reims Cathedral,
Reims, France ca

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

26. Interior of the upper chapel,
Sainte-Chapelle,
Paris, France

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

28. West façade of Saint-Maclou, Rouen, Franceca

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

30. Hall of the cloth guild,
Bruges, Netherlands
begun 1230

31. House of Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France

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

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

34. Abraham and the three angels,
Psalter of Saint Louis
Paris, France

35. 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

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

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

38. Additional views of the Salisbury Cathedral

39. Interior of Gloucester Cathedral,
detail of ceiling
Interior of Gloucester Cathedral,
Gloucester, England

40. Chapel of Henry VII,
Westminster Abbey,
London, England

41. Tomb of Edward II
Gloucester Cathedral,
Gloucester, England ca

42. Aerial view of
Cologne Cathedral,
Cologne, Germany
begun 1248

43. Choir of Cologne Cathedral
completed 1322

44. Interior of Saint Elizabeth, Malburg, Germny

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

46. statues in the west choir,
Ekkehard and Uta,
statues in the west choir,
Naumburg Cathedral,
Naumburg, Germany ca

47. Equestrian portrait
(Bamberg Rider)
Bamberg Cathedral ca

48. Virgin with the Dead Christ,
(Rottgen Pieta)
Rhineland, Germany ca

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

50. Shrine of the Three Kings from the Cologne Cathedral

51. West façade
of Orvieto Cathedral
Orvieto, Italy
begun 1310

52. Doge’s Palace,
Venice, Italy
begun ca

53. Milan Cathedral
Milan, Italy
begun 1386

54. Comparison Section

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

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