1. Art and Architecture of the Renaissance: Compare / Contrast with the Gothic and Rayonnant Periods

2. Gothic and Rayonnant:

3. The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life.

4. Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches.

5. St. Denis Outside of Paris, France Early Gothic Abby Church King’s Church 1140-1144

7. 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.

10. Notre Dame Paris, France 1163

13. Chartres Cathedral South of Paris in the city of Chartres, France 1194-1220 Church is in two styles because of a fire. – Romanesque and Gothic

16. Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches. Ribbed Vaults

17. Ste. Chapelle King Louis IX Rayonnant style

19. St. Denis

20. Notre Dame

21. Chartres Cathedral

22. Gothic and Rayonnant: The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Pointed Arches. Ribbed Vaults Flying Buttresses

23. Chartres Cathedral

26. Laon Cathedral

27. Amiens Cathedral: 1220-1236

28. Amiens Cathedral

29. Beauvais Cathedral: 1225-1272 tallest Cathedral in Europe at the time 159 feet at the nave.

30. 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.

31. Amiens Cathedral

32. Ste. Chapelle Cathedral

34. Chartres Cathedral

35. Beauvais Cathedral:

36. 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)

37. Radiating Chapels:

38. Chartres Cathedral: Radiating Chapels

39. Items stored in Radiating Chapels:

40. Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral

41. Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral

42. Items stored in Radiating Chapels: Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral Head of John the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral St. Chapelle:

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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