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1 Evaluating Trachtenberg’s
Medieval Modernism theory

2 Romanesque Cathedral of St.-Lazare, Autun, France, 1120-46 w/ 15th-cen. Gothic additions

3 the pilasters: “self-conscious, knowing, modernizing distortions of the very antiquity to which these same buildings are so powerfully attached” (Trachtenberg 2000, 203n11). Romanesque Cathedral of St.-Lazare, Autun, France,

4 Constantine’s Basilica (aula nova) at Trier, 305-312
Conrad’s Speyer Cathedral,

5 Conrad’s Speyer Cathedral, 1030-61
Henry IV’s Speyer Cathedral, 1080s

6 Cluny III: “scattered, episodic, fragmentary, often superficial modernist gestures” (187).
Romanesque Cluny III in photo montage recon. of crossing recon. of nave

7 groin vaults of Speyer Cathedral, 1080s
rib vaults of Chartres Cathedral,

8 nave elevation looking east nave elevation looking west
Nôtre-Dame, Paris nave elevation looking east nave elevation looking west

9 Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, 1194-1221
I. Symbolism in High Gothic great churches Labyrinths Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, 12.85 m. diameter maze installed in

10 Chartres Cathedral – maze installed in 1215-21
I. Symbolism Labyrinths Chartres Cathedral – maze installed in

11 I. Symbolism Labyrinths
Chartres Cathedral – labyrinth defining difference between west vs. east end of the church

12 Mazes in the Greek world Mazes in the Roman world
I. Symbolism Labyrinths Mazes in the Greek world Mazes in the Roman world Daedalus – mythical architect, creator of the labyrinth Silver coin from Knossos on the island of Crete, Greece, 325 BCE Floor mosaic of a Roman villa near Cremona, Italy, 1st cen. CE (No maze found in the palace at Knossos)

13 Mazes in early Christian churches
I. Symbolism Labyrinths Mazes in early Christian churches Early Christian El-Asnam Cathedral El-Asnam, Algeria, 324, floor mosaic Detail of the labyrinth El-Asnam Cathedral Algeria, ca. 324 CE

14 Location of floor labyrinths in medieval churches
I. Symbolism Labyrinths Location of floor labyrinths in medieval churches Small scale labyrinths in Italy Romanesque San Michele in Pavia Italy,

15 Reims Cathedral, Reims, France, c. 1211-1290 – labyrinth now lost
I. Symbolism Labyrinths Reims Cathedral, Reims, France, c – labyrinth now lost

16 Memory of the promethean architect / demiurge honored
I. Symbolism Labyrinths Memory of the promethean architect / demiurge honored Reims Cathedral, Reims, France, c

17 Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, France, 1220-1269 – labyrinth is a modern reconstruction

18 Chartres Cathedral – façade (west)
I. Symbolism in High Gothic great churches Sculpted portals Chartres Cathedral – façade (west) Chartres Cathedral – Royal Portal (façade portal) (early Gothic ) Ascension Christ in Majesty Virgin portal (incarnation)

19 Chartres Cathedral – Virgin Portal
I. Symbolism in High Gothic great churches Sculpted portals – Christian belief and intellectual life Encyclopedic in scope – like the compendia written by scholastic philosophers Chartres Cathedral – Virgin Portal Chartres Cathedral – Royal Portal (façade portal) (early Gothic ) Ascension Christ in Majesty Virgin portal (incarnation)

20 I. Symbolism in High Gothic great churches Sculpted portals – Christian belief and intellectual life
Chartres Cathedral – south transept portal – three portals dedicated Last Judgment theme (High Gothic )

21 Human figure used to embody metaphysical ideals
I. Symbolism in High Gothic great churches Sculpted portals – Christian belief and intellectual life Human figure used to embody metaphysical ideals Chartres south transept portal (High Gothic ) “Classical” St. George Early Gothic defined, cylindrical, attenuated column figures

22 Chartres Cathedral – south transept
I. Symbolism in High Gothic great churches Sculpted portals – Christian belief and intellectual life Chartres Cathedral – south transept (High Gothic )

23 Chartres Cathedral – façade (west)
I. Symbolism in High Gothic great churches Sculpted portals Chartres Cathedral – façade (west) Chartres Cathedral – Royal Portal (façade portal) (early Gothic ) Ascension Christ in Majesty Virgin portal (incarnation)

24 Chartres Cathedral – Virgin Portal
I. Symbolism in High Gothic great churches Sculpted portals – Christian belief and intellectual life Encyclopedic in scope – like the compendia written by scholastic philosophers Chartres Cathedral – Virgin Portal Chartres Cathedral – Royal Portal (façade portal) (early Gothic ) Ascension Christ in Majesty Virgin portal (incarnation)

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