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Gothic vs. Renaissance Art
Ms. Goggins PDP World History
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“Gothic” “Then arose new architects who after the manner of their barbarous nations erected buildings in the style that we call Gothic” ~ Giorgio Vasari ( )
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Gothic Art is exemplified by the Gothic Cathedrals of northern France
Gothic Art is exemplified by the Gothic Cathedrals of northern France
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How to span in stone ever-wider surfaces from ever-greater heights?
Romanesque Art/Architecture (characteristic of late Roman Empire)
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How to span in stone ever-wider surfaces from ever-greater heights?
Durham Cathedral, 11th century AD Early Medieval / Gothic
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Characteristics of Gothic Architecture --------------------
The Pointed Arch Royal Abbey Church of Saint-Denis (near Paris), Ambulatory, 1140–1144. Reims Cathedral (Cathedral of Notre-Dame), 1211, west portals
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Characteristics of Gothic Architecture --------------------
Royal Abbey Church of Saint-Denis (near Paris), Ambulatory, 1140–1144. Bourges Cathedral, north nave elevation. Ribbed Vault
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Characteristics of Gothic Architecture
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris, view of the choir with flying buttresses. Reims Cathedral (Cathedral of Notre-Dame), 1211, flying buttresses. Flying Buttresses
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Characteristics of Gothic Architecture
Royal Abbey Church of Saint-Denis (near Paris), Ambulatory, 1140–1144. Scenes from the Passion of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics, 1244–1247, French; From the Church of St. Germain-des-Prés, Paris, Pot-metal glass with vitreous paint (24.167a–k) Stained-glass Windows
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Characteristics of Gothic Architecture --------------------
Cathedral of Notre–Dame, Chartres, west facade, ca. 1145–55; rose window, ca. 1200 Royal Abbey Church of Saint–Denis (near Paris), west facade, before 1140. Rose Window
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Characteristics of Gothic Architecture --------------------
Cathedral of Notre–Dame, Chartres, elevation of the nave (arcade, gallery, clerestory with stained glass), 1194–1220. Bourges Cathedral Elevation
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Beauvais Cathedral of Saint-Pierre, Beauvais, choir, begun 1225, restored 1284 after collapse.
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Characteristics of Gothic Architecture --------------------
Sculpture Reims Cathedral (Cathedral of Notre-Dame), 1211, west portals Reims Cathedral (Cathedral of Notre-Dame), detail of a foliate capital France, Paris, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, south portal of west facade (Saint Anne Portal). Reims Cathedral (Cathedral of Notre-Dame), 1211, west facade, central portal: The Visitation,1230–33.
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Altar Angels, late 13th century Frenchat The Cloisters
Reims Cathedral (Cathedral of Notre-Dame), 1211, west facade, central portal: The Annunciation, 1230–33.
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Questions to Consider What purpose do you think this elaborate style of art served? Why do you think this type / quality of art was able to arise? Do you think this art proves that the “Dark Ages” prior did not end civilization? Why?
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Sagrada Familia Barcelona, Spain
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Compare and Contrast the Sagrada Familia with Gothic Cathedrals?
Supervising Architects: Francisco de Paula del Villar ( ) Antoni Gaudí ( ) Domènec Sugrañes i Gras ( Francesc Quintana, Isidre Puig Boada, Lluís Bonet i Gari and Francesc Cardoner (1940s-1980s_ Jordi Bonet i Armengol (1980s – present) Various Sculptors and Illumination Designers
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“Renaissance” “to be reborn” The revival of ancient learning and the supplanting of traditional religious beliefs by new secular and scientific values that began in Italy in the 14th and 15th centuries
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Characteristics of Renaissance Art --------------------
Secular Secularism – non religious Individualism – free standing figures Symmetry/Balance
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Characteristics of Renaissance Art --------------------
Classical The “classical pose” Medici Venus (Greek, 1c)
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What about the different of several hundred years?
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Characteristics of Renaissance Art --------------------
Symmetry and Proportion The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate By Leonardo da Vinci 1469
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Characteristics of Renaissance Art --------------------
Realism Expulsion from the Garden, Masaccio, 1427
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Techniques of Renaissance Art --------------------
Oil Paint
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Techniques of Renaissance Art --------------------
Chiaroscuro
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Techniques of Renaissance Art --------------------
Linear Perspective
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“Father of Renaissance Painting”
Renaissance Artists Giotto “Father of Renaissance Painting”
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Masaccio painter
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Donatello sculptor
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Leonardo Da Vinci Artist Sculptor Architect Scientist Engineer Inventor
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Vertical Horizontal Perspective!
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Raphael
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Renaissance Artists -----------------------
Michelangelo
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15c What a Difference Century makes! 16c
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