Gothic Art Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting.

Gothic ArtArchitecture, Sculpture,

and Painting

Romanesque vs. Gothic

• Horizontal emphasis• Modest height• Compartmentalized• Rounded arch• Piers, walls• Barrel & groin vaults• Dark, solemn interior• Simple, severe

exterior

• Vertical emphasis• Soaring heights• Unified, unbroken

space• Pointed arch• Exterior buttresses• Ribbed groin vaults• Airy, bright interior• Exterior: richly

decorated with sculpture

Flying Buttresses

Pinnacle

Chevet

Westworks

Bernard of Clairvaux

(1090-1153)Complained about

lavish, expensive décor

Eschewed sculptural adornment

Took away from focus on God

Abbot Suger of Saint Denis

(1081-1151)“Man may rise to the

contemplation of the divine through the senses.”

Jewel encrusted décor, light airy spaces---delight in beauty of God’s house

Transcend everyday, earthly cares

French Gothic

Saint-Denis

1140-1144

Saint Denis, France

Saint-Denis, 1140-1144, Saint Denis, France

Saint-Denis, 1140-1144,

Saint Denis, France

Saint-Denis

1140-1144

Saint Denis, France

Notre Dame, begun 1163, Paris, France

Notre Dame,

begun 1163,

Paris, France

Sainte Chapelle

1243-1248,

Paris, France

Sainte Chapelle, 1243-1248, Paris, France

Saint-Maclou

1500-1514

Rouen, France

Saint-Maclou, 1500-1514, Rouen, France

English, German, & Italian Gothic

Salisbury Cathedral, 1201-1258, Salisbury, England

Compare the facades

Compare the ground plans

Chapel of Henry VII, 1503-1519 Westminster Abbey, London, England

Saint Elizabeth, 1235-1283, Marburg, Germany

Saint Elizabeth

Saint-Sernin, (left)

Amiens Cathedral (right)

Milan Cathedral, 1386, Milan, Italy

Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France

Royal Portals, c. 1145-1155 Chartres, France

http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/image/France/Chartres/Chartres-Cathedral/Portals/westfacade/general/FCSP1-General.html



Royal Portals, c. 1145-1155 Chartres, France

Annunciation/Visitation, c. 1230 Reims Cathedral, Reims, France

Visitation, c. 1230

Reims Cathedral, Reims, France

Visitation, c. 1230 Reims Cathedral, Reims, France

Ekkehard & Uta, c. 1249-1255 Naumberg Cathedral, Naumberg, Germany

Virgin of Paris, early 14th century, Notre Dame, Paris

Sainte Chapelle, 1243-1248, Paris, France

c. 1335

Images in Light

http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/stained_glass/








c. 1420

Images in Lighthttp://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/stained_glass/







Chartres Stained Glass: Rose window and Lancets: north transept, c. 1220

Chartres Stained Glass: Virgin and Child and angels, c. 1170

Chartres Stained Glass: Tree of Jesse

Chartres Stained Glass

http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/image/France/Chartres/Chartres-Cathedral/Windows/Nave-windows/chartres-Nave-windows-main.html





Abraham and the Three Angels,

From Saint Louis Psalter

1253-1270 CE

Master Honore, David Scenes (not pictured)

Breviary of Philippe Le Bel

1296 CE

Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, c. 1280-1290

Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, ca 1280-1290

Giotto, Madonna Enthroned,

c. 1310

Nicola Pisano, Pisa Pulpit, Pisa Cathedral 1259-1260

Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy

Giotto’s, Lamentation, Arena Chapel, c. 1305

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