2. 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.

3. Gothic Art For the most part Gothic Art had a very religious bent. It was mainly characterized by Architecture and Sculpture.

4. Gothic Paintings Most Gothic Paintings were done as Altarpiece and Panel paintings for churches.

5. The Adoration of the Magi by Lorenzo Monaco

6. Madonna of Humility with Saints by Puccio Di Simone

7. Madonna and Child Enthroned with Six Angels by Allegretto Nuzi

8. Gothic Sculpture Sculpture was the favored artistic endeavor during the Gothic Period. Many of these sculptures appeared on churches and in graveyards.

9. French ivory Virgin and Child

10. South portal of Chartres Cathedral

11. West portal at Rheims Cathedral, Annunciation group

12. Gothic Architecture Gothic Cathedrals were possible because of two engineering breakthroughs: Ribbed Vaulting Flying Buttresses

13. Chartres Cathedral Ribbed Vaults

14. Gothic Ribbed Vaults

15. Cathedral-of-Beauvais

16. Flying Buttresses

17. York Minster Buttresses

18. 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

19. Cologne Cathedral

20. 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.

21. Sainte Chapelle