1. Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting
Gothic Art
Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting

2. Romanesque vs. Gothic Horizontal emphasis Modest height
Compartmentalized
Rounded arch
Piers, walls
Barrel & groin vaults
Dark, solemn interior
Simple, severe exterior
Vertical emphasis
Soaring heights
Unified, unbroken space
Pointed arch
Exterior buttresses
Ribbed groin vaults
Airy, bright interior
Exterior: richly decorated with sculpture

7. Flying Buttresses

8. Flying Buttresses

9. Pinnacle

10. Chevet
Westworks

11. Bernard of Clairvaux Abbot Suger of Saint Denis (1090-1153)
Complained about lavish, expensive décor
Eschewed sculptural adornment
Took away from focus on God
Abbot Suger of Saint Denis
( )
“Man may rise to the contemplation of the divine through the senses.”
Jewel encrusted décor, light airy spaces---delight in beauty of God’s house
Transcend everyday, earthly cares

12. French Gothic

13. Saint-Denis
Saint Denis, France

14. Saint-Denis
Saint Denis, France

15. Saint-Denis, 1140-1144, Saint Denis, France

16. Saint-Denis, 1140-1144, Saint Denis, France

17. Saint-Denis, ,
Saint Denis, France

18. Saint-Denis, ,
Saint Denis, France

19. Saint-Denis
Saint Denis, France

20. Notre Dame, begun 1163, Paris, France

21. Notre Dame, begun 1163, Paris, France

22. Notre Dame, begun 1163, Paris, France

25. Notre Dame,
begun 1163,
Paris, France

26. Notre Dame,
begun 1163,
Paris, France

27. Sainte Chapelle ,
Paris, France

28. Sainte Chapelle, 1243-1248, Paris, France

29. Sainte Chapelle, 1243-1248, Paris, France

30. Sainte Chapelle, 1243-1248, Paris, France

31. Sainte Chapelle, 1243-1248, Paris, France

32. Saint-Maclou
Rouen, France

33. Saint-Maclou
Rouen, France

34. Saint-Maclou, 1500-1514, Rouen, France

35. Saint-Maclou, 1500-1514, Rouen, France

36. English, German, & Italian Gothic

37. Salisbury Cathedral, 1201-1258, Salisbury, England

38. Salisbury Cathedral, 1201-1258, Salisbury, England

39. Compare the facades

40. Compare the ground plans

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. Saint Elizabeth, 1235-1283, Marburg, Germany

48. Saint Elizabeth, 1235-1283, Marburg, Germany

49. Saint Elizabeth, 1235-1283, Marburg, Germany

50. Saint Elizabeth
Saint-Sernin, (left)
Amiens Cathedral (right)

51. Milan Cathedral, 1386, Milan, Italy

52. Milan Cathedral, 1386, Milan, Italy

53. Milan Cathedral, 1386, Milan, Italy

54. Milan Cathedral, 1386, Milan, Italy

55. Milan Cathedral, 1386, Milan, Italy

56. Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France

57. Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France

58. Royal Portals, c. 1145-1155 Chartres, France

60. Royal Portals, c. 1145-1155 Chartres, France

61. Royal Portals, c. 1145-1155 Chartres, France

62. Royal Portals, c. 1145-1155 Chartres, France

66. Annunciation/Visitation, c. 1230 Reims Cathedral, Reims, France

67. Visitation, c. 1230
Reims Cathedral, Reims, France

68. Visitation, c. 1230 Reims Cathedral, Reims, France

69. Visitation, c. 1230 Reims Cathedral, Reims, France

70. Ekkehard & Uta, c. 1249-1255 Naumberg Cathedral, Naumberg, Germany

71. Ekkehard & Uta, c. 1249-1255 Naumberg Cathedral, Naumberg, Germany

72. Ekkehard & Uta, c. 1249-1255 Naumberg Cathedral, Naumberg, Germany

73. Ekkehard & Uta, c. 1249-1255 Naumberg Cathedral, Naumberg, Germany

74. Virgin of Paris, early 14th century, Notre Dame, Paris

75. Virgin of Paris, early 14th century, Notre Dame, Paris

76. Sainte Chapelle, 1243-1248, Paris, France

78. c. 1335
Images in Light

79. c. 1420
Images in Light

80. Chartres Stained Glass: Rose window and Lancets: north transept, c

81. Chartres Stained Glass: Virgin and Child and angels, c. 1170

82. Chartres Stained Glass: Tree of Jesse

83. Chartres Stained Glass

85. Abraham and the Three Angels,
From Saint Louis Psalter CE

86. Master Honore, David Scenes (not pictured)
Breviary of Philippe Le Bel
1296 CE

88. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, c. 1280-1290

89. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, ca 1280-1290

90. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, ca 1280-1290

92. Giotto, Madonna Enthroned,
c. 1310

93. Giotto, Madonna Enthroned,
c. 1310

94. Nicola Pisano, Pisa Pulpit, Pisa Cathedral 1259-1260

95. Nicola Pisano, Pisa Pulpit, Pisa Cathedral 1259-1260

96. Nicola Pisano, Pisa Pulpit, Pisa Cathedral 1259-1260

97. Nicola Pisano, Pisa Pulpit, Pisa Cathedral 1259-1260

98. Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy

99. Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy

100. Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy

101. Giotto’s, Lamentation, Arena Chapel, c. 1305

104. Giotto’s, Lamentation, Arena Chapel, c. 1305