Gothic 2

Part 2

Title: Saint Maurice Medium: Dark sandstone with traces of polychromyDate: c. 1240–50Source/ Museum: Magdeburg Cathedral, Magdeburg, Germany+He was the patron saint of several professions, locales, and kingdoms.

He was also a highly revered saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church as Maurice was a Black Christian from Thebes, Egypt.

considered to be the first realistic depiction of an ethnic African in Europe.

Unfortunately, the figure is no longer complete and misses the lower legs and an item in the right hand, presumably a lance.

Warrior saint in chain mail

Based on living model instead of idealized forms

Title: Ekkehard and Uta Medium: Stone, originally polychromedSize: approx. 6'2" (1.88 m)Date: c. 1245–60Source/ Museum: West chapel, Naumburg Cathedral, Naumburg, Germany

Ekkehard and Uta are among a group of life size sculptures of 12 ancestors of a bishop who was a member of the ruling family of Naumburg.

The ancestors were patrons of the church; their images were placed in a new chapel at the west end of the church.

Unlike the more idealized French Gothic sculptures, Ekkehard and Uta are treated in a highly individualistic manner, in a style akin to Greek Hellenistic.

They reveal a strong naturalistic trend in German Gothic Sculpture

andachtsbild - sculpture serving for private devotion-andachtsbild were devotional images that were intended to inspire contemplation of Jesus’ last hours.

The subject matter of the Pietà - subject of Mary supporting the dead body of Christ originated in Germany during the 1300’s

The artworks called the "Vesperbild" had a representation of the seated Madonna holding Christ’s body across her lap.

the works were paintings, but usually they were small sculptures that had been carved out of wood or made out of terra cotta.

In comparison to Ancient Greek and Southern European sculptures, the Northern works looked primitive and awkward without realistic considerations for human forms or weight distributions.

Title: Church of Saint Francis, Assisi, Italy restored

one of the world's focal points of both high art and intense spirituality.

Still a major place of pilgrimage, the Basilica of St. Francis is a powerful place for believers and art-lovers alike.

The impressive frescoes that decorate the interior were painted by Cimabue, Giotto and others

In 1818, the tomb of St. Francis was rediscovered beneath the high altar, after lying hidden for almost 600 years. When the coffin was opened, Francis' skeleton was found fully intact. This is very rare for such a popular medieval saint - had his relics not been hidden, bits of them almost certainly would have found their way into shrines across Europe

Artist: Nicola PisanoTitle: Pulpit, Baptistry, Pisa Medium: Marble Size: height approx. 15' (4.6 m)Date: 1260

His work, which combined Classical and Byzantine-Islamic traditions with Romanesque and Gothic

6 sided structure open on one side for a pupit

Corinthian columns flanked by gothic trefoil arches- clover like arches

Larges central column with animals and a people on base, lions on outer column guard its base

May have been inspires by what often found in churches?

Artist: Nicola Pisano Title: Nativity Medium: Marble Size: 33½ X 44½" (85 X 113 cm) Date: 1260Source/ Museum: Detail of pulpit, Baptistry, Pisa, Italy

Reclining virgin dominates composition

In the foreground wives wash the infant Jesus

Upper left is the Annunciation

Right is the adoration and the annunciation to the Sheppard

Views eye is taken from group to group

Deep cut relief

Artist: Giovanni Pisano Title: Nativity Medium: Marble Size: 34⅜ X 43" (87.2 X 109.2 cm) Date: 1302–10Source/ Museum: Detail of pulpit, Pisa Cathedral, Pisa

Nicola’s son

Slender young virgin

Up-tilted deeply carved space

Shell like cave

Angelic onlookers

Virgin gazes lovingly at the baby

Animals and trees cover parts of the piece

The doors are comprised of 2 valves, each with 14 sq. panels.

20 of the panels depict events from the life of John the Baptist

8 at the bottom are personifications of virtues.

The twenty scenes relating to John the Baptist read chronologically from top to bottom and from left to right--on each valve.

That is, like pages of an open book, they read individually and not across "pages.”

Artist: Andréa PisanoTitle: Life of John the Baptist, south doors of Baptistery San GiovanniMedium: BronzeDate: 1330-36

Artist: Coppo di MarcovaldoTitle: Crucifix Medium: Tempera and gold on woodSize: 9'7⅜" X 8'1¼" (2.93 X 2.47 m)Date: c. 1250–70Source/ Museum: Pinacoteca, San Gimignano, ItalyIn the upper part is an Ascension with a Blessing Christ on top of it.

At the left end of the arm are Mary and St. John

at the right, the Women of Jerusalem.

The background panel features the Kiss of Judas, the Flagellation, and the Preparation of the Cross on the left; and Christ before the Sanhedrin, the Mocking of Christ, and the Deposition on the right.

Painted on back too? Why?

Artist: CimabueTitle: virgin and child enthronedMedium: wood panelDate: 1280

Byzantine porportionsSightly titled heads

Mary sits on a throne of “gilded bronze”

High lighting drapery with thin lines of gold

Vantage point?

His spatial ideas, quest for warming naturalism, and subtle asymmetries influenced later painters

Artist: GiottoTitle: virgin and child enthronedMedium: Tempera on woodDate: 1310

Spatial consistency

Retained a sculptural form

Largely symmetrical

Mountain like Mary seems to burst from her throne

3-d figures through subtle changes in light and form

Baby gestures in a blessing

Angles create a grand entrance to her throne

Artist: Saint Francis MasterTitle: Life of Saint Francis: Miracle of the Crib at Greccio Medium: FrescoDate: late 13th century

singing monks

Statue of holy infant laid in a box

Foliage swag

Wooden cross hung out so worshippers can see

Artist: GiottoTitle: the lamentationMedium: FrescoDate: 1305Arena Chapel

described as the creator of modern painting

After his death Jesus is mourned over by a small group of followers, among whom his mother. After that, they lay him in his grave.

What is new that you have not seen yet?

Any symbols?