Art and Architecture of the Renaissance: Compare / Contrast with the Gothic and Rayonnant Periods
Gothic and Rayonnant:
The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life.
Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches.
St. Denis Outside of Paris, France Early Gothic Abby Church King’s Church
Laon Cathedral 1160 Oxen on the spires tells how we can afford to have the cathedral. Example of taxation by the church. Bishop’s Church 4 floors: 1 st floor is called the arcade; 2 nd floor is the gallery; 3 rd floor is the triforium; 4 th floor is the clerestory.
Notre Dame Paris, France 1163
Chartres Cathedral South of Paris in the city of Chartres, France Church is in two styles because of a fire. – Romanesque and Gothic
Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches. Ribbed Vaults
Ste. Chapelle King Louis IX Rayonnant style
St. Denis
Notre Dame
Chartres Cathedral
Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches. Ribbed Vaults Flying Buttresses
Chartres Cathedral
Laon Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral:
Amiens Cathedral
Beauvais Cathedral: tallest Cathedral in Europe at the time 159 feet at the nave.
Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches. Ribbed Vaults Flying Buttresses Stained glass. – Better light for God. The church is bathed in God’s light.
Amiens Cathedral
Ste. Chapelle Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Beauvais Cathedral:
Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches. Ribbed Vaults Flying Buttresses Stained glass. – Better light for God. The church is bathed in God’s light. Radiating Chapels: Used for storing religious relics. (to show off to the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostella)
Radiating Chapels:
Chartres Cathedral: Radiating Chapels
Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral
Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral
Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle:
Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle: – Crown of thorns
Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle: – Crown of thorns – A fragment of the true cross
Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle: – Crown of thorns – A fragment of the true cross – The holy Lance
Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle: – Crown of thorns – A fragment of the true cross – The holy Lance – The Holy Sponge
Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle: – Crown of thorns – A fragment of the true cross – The holy Lance – The Holy Sponge – The Mandylion