1. ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ART GOTHIC ART

2. Gothic = height and light! Pinnacle of Middle Ages artistic achievements- Gothic Cathedral Referred to as the Stone Bibles Ribbed vaulting and flying buttresses

3. GOTHIC ART Vault Nave Flying buttresses Ribbed vault Clerestory Rose window

4. GOTHIC ART Artists vied for highest naves Higher the building, closer to God Invaders worst insult to pull down cathedral Ambition frequently outstripped technical skill, rebuild Most everyone in the community assisted with the building Literally took ages to complete- hodgepodge styles Believed church’s beauty would inspire parishioners to meditation and belief “read” the churches

5. GOTHIC ART Gothic style began at royal abbey of Abbot Suger Started to redesign small church to accommodate pilgrims Light symbolized presence of God Huge windows- supports for them Rose windows at entrance

6. GOTHIC ART Chartres Cathedral Chartres Cathedral 1194 Four centuries, 50 yr spires Flying buttresses Oldest stained glass Rose windows

7. GOTHIC ART Flying buttresses vs buttresses?

8. GOTHIC ART Jamb statues Royal Porters Chartres Cathedral 1145-1170 Displayed Biblical tales Thin, straight bodies Sculpture in the round After writings of Aristotle discovered, body no longer despised and realism 2000+ sculptures

9. GOTHIC ART Notre Dame Rose windows replaced tympanums Organs and bells main attraction- South Tower Bell Emmanuel 13 tons! Towers- Romanesque Immense choirs and ambulatories

10. GOTHIC ART Reims Cathedral 1225-1299 Similar to interior of Notre Dame See through the façade to flying buttresses outside of nave Walls filled with sculpture Tracery- carved stone openings Towers designed to hold huge spires, never

11. GOTHIC ART Compare and contrast: In pairs or by yourself, compare Reims, Notre Dame and Chartres Cathedrals. What three main things do they have in common? What is something that stands out individually from each one? Compare all three to the Hagia Sophia. What are the physical differences and similarities?

12. GOTHIC ART Amiens Cathedral 1220- Nave over 137 ft high Clerestory windows immense, columns seem too slender to hold its weight Ultimate goal of Abbot Suger

13. GOTHIC ART Salisbury Cathedral 1220 and Cathedral of Cologne 1248 Towers and cloisters Cloister- covered walkway Spread of Gothic style- less 100 yrs

14. GOTHIC ART Stained glass was used like a gigantic glowing illuminated manuscript Chartres Cathedral- visible soul of Middle Ages built to house veil of the Virgin given to city by Charlemagne’s grandson Charles the Bald Chartres Cathedral- visible 26,900 ft in total area in glass in Chartres illustrating Bible, lives of Saints and traditional crafts of France

15. GOTHIC ART Sainte Chapelle in Paris France Ultimate in Gothic stained glass deco No side aisles and no flying buttresses Glass holding up the vault feeling Seem to glow

16. GOTHIC ART Cathedral of Toledo- second to none in sculpture 1498-1504 Wood paint and gold Toledo, Spain Magnificent altarpieces Carved screens that separated altars from the windows behind them Artists from Holland, France, Spain and Germany all collaborated on the carving, designed by Peti Juan New Testament happenings

17. GOTHIC ART Most French religious painting restricted to manuscript illumination French Book of Hours 1440 Tempera and gold on parchment

18. GOTHIC ART Giotto Lamentation 1305-1306 Fresco

19. GOTHIC ART Duccio Christ Raising Lazarus From the Dead 1309-1311 Tempera on Panel

20. GOTHIC ART Simone Martini Annunciation 1333 Tempera and gold on panel

21. GOTHIC ART Gentile da Fabriano The Adoration of the Magi 1423 Tempera on panel

22. GOTHIC ART Weavers created highly refined tapestries as well- genre scenes Series of seven tapestries represents the unicorn legend Virgin, Pomegranate, fertility and church Unicorn- courtly love Resurrected Christ The Unicorn in Captivity 1500 Cloisters

23. GOTHIC ART

24. 1.What two words come to mind with Gothic art and architecture? 2.What are the two things that made the Gothic Cathedrals different from the Romanesque cathedrals? 3.What is the difference between buttresses and flying buttresses? 4.Name three major cathedrals. 5.Name something they all have in common. 6.What are sculptures in the round called at entrances? 7.What was the purpose of the sculpted altarpiece at Toledo Cathedral? What did it show? 8.Name three Gothic artists and their major piece. 9.What significance did the unicorn have? 10.How are Gothic cathedrals different from Romanesque cathedrals?