Unit    4    Gothic  Art  

Gothic  scuplture  

The  figures  were  not    adapted  to  fit  architecture    

More  realis5c  and  natural  

Clothes  and  gestures  were  more  detailed  

Curves  line  became  popular  

Interest  in  expressing  feeling  

Stone  was  the  most  commonly  used  material  

But  wood  became  increasingly  popular  

Great  altarpieces  

Choir  stalls  decorated  

Funeral  sculptures    

Tombs  decorate  with  religious  themes  and  with  a  portrait  of  the  dead  person  

Gothic  pain4ng  

Stained  glass  windows  

Represent  religious  icons  and  portraits  

Bright  colours  

The  use  of  gold  

Background  landscapes  

Greater  realism  and    movement  of  the  figures  

Gothic  architecture  

Pointed  arch   Rib  Vault   Flying  BuFress  Pillar  

Interior  of  Santa  María  del  Mar,  Barcelona  

Romanesque      or  Gothic