Chapter 16: Gothic Art
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Chapter 16

Gothic Art

  A. THE GOTHIC STYLE

  B. FRANCE
    1. Architecture And Its Decoration
    2. Independent Sculpture
    3. Book Arts

  C. ENGLAND
    1. Architecture
    2. Book Arts
    3. Opus Anglicanum

  D. SPAIN
    1. Architecture
    2. Book Arts
    3. Painted Altarpieces

  E. GERMANY AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
    1. Architecture
    2. Sculpture

  F. ITALY
    1. Architecture
    2. Sculpture
    3. Painting



Gothic Art

  A. THE GOTHIC STYLE   top

Fig. 16-2
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres, France. West facade begun c. 1134; cathedral rebuilt after a fire in 1194 and building continued to 1260; north spire 1507 - 13. View from the southeast

  B. FRANCE   top

An overview of French cathedral architecture

    1. Architecture and Its Decoration   top

Many images of Gothic sculpture from Chartres and Reims

Fig. 16-4
Ambulatory choir, Abbey Church of Saint Denis

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Ambulatory vaults , Abbey Church of Saint Denis

The Annunciation shows the beautiful and rich stained glass window colors from the cathedral at Chartres

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West facade, Chartres Cathedral, France. c. 1134 - 1220; south tower c. 1160; north tower 1507 - 13

Fig. 16-7
Royal Portal, west facade, Chartres Cathedral. c. 1145 - 55

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Prophets and Ancestors of Christ right side, central portal, Royal Portal, Chartres Cathedral. c. 1145 - 55

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Flying buttresses, Chartres Cathedral. c. 1200 - 20

Fig. 16-11
Nave, Chartres Cathedral c. 1200 - 20

Fig. 16-12
Plan of Chartres Cathedral. c. 1194 - 1220

Fig. 16-13
Tree of Jesse, west facade, Chartres Cathedral. c. 1150 - 70. Stained glass

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Charlemagne window ambulatory apse, Chartres Cathedral. c. 1210 - 36. Stained glass

    - Elements Of Architecture: The Gothic Church

Gothic information and images about the rebuilding of St. Denis and Gothic construction

Fig. 16-16
Vaults, sanctuary, Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Amiens, France. Upper choir after 1258; vaulted by 1288

Fig. 16-17
Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. Plan of Amiens Cathedral. 1220 - 88

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Nave, Amiens Cathedral. 1220 - 88; upper choir reworked after 1258

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West Facade Amiens Cathedral. Begun c. 1220 - 36

Quatrefoils, Amiens Cathedral. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Fig. 16-21
Beau Dieu trumeau, central portal, west facade, Amiens Cathedral. c. 1220 - 36

Cathedral of Notre Dame, Southeast view.

Fig. 16-23
West facade, Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Reims, France. Rebuilding began c. 1211 after fire in 1210, façade 1130s was largely unfinished by 1287; towers left unfinished in 1311, additional work 1406 - 28

Fig. 16-24
Annunciation and Visitation. Annunciation (left pair: Mary [right] c. 1245, angel [left] c. 1255) and Visitation (right pair: c. 1230), right side, central portal, west facade, Reims Cathedral

Detail of the Annunciation Angel, from the west façade of the Reims Cathedral

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Plan of Reims Cathedral. 1211 - 60

Fig. 16-27
Nave, Reims Cathedral 1211 - 60

Fig. 16-28
Interior, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris

Images of the Church of Saint Maclou, Rouen

Links to images of the Jacques Coeur House, Bourges, France

    2. Independent Sculpture   top

Marble sculpture Virgin and Child, from the 14th century, French

Virgin and Child, Abbey Church of Saint Denis

Fig. 16-30
Attack on the Castle of Love, jewelry box, from Paris. c. 1330 - 50. Ivory casket with iron mounts, panel. Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore

    3. Book Arts   top

Les tres riches heures du Duc de Berry, one of the finest examples of the International Gothic Style in manuscripts

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Page with Louis IX and Queen Blanche of Castile, Moralized Bible, from Paris. 1226 - 34. Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum. The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

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Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux from Paris. c. 1325 - 28. Grisaille and color on vellum, each page (8.2 cm x 5.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  C. ENGLAND   top

Illuminated manuscript showing the "Jousts of London"

    1. Architecture   top

Fig. 16-36
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. 1220 - 58; west facade 1265; spire c. 1320 - 30; cloister and chapter house 1263 - 84

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Plan of Salisbury Cathedral

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Nave, Salisbury Cathedral

Images of Exeter Cathedral

    2. Book Arts   top

Detail of a vellum manuscript leaf from England, late 13th century, in Angular Gothic Script

    3. Opus Anglicanum   top

Cope (liturgical vestment), in red silk twill, embroidered with gold and silver gilt threads, from England, c. 1280-1300

Fig. 16-41
Opus Anglicanum from southern England. 1330 - 50. Red velvet with silk and metallic thread and seed pearls. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  D. SPAIN   top

    1. Architecture   top

Cathedral of Palma, Mallorca, Spain

    2. Book Arts   top

Fig. 16-44
Cantigas de Santa María, from Castile, Spain. Mid- to late-13th century. Ink, pigments, and gold on vellum. El Escorial, Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo, Madrid

From the "June" page of the Breviary of Martin of Aragon, Catalonia, Spain, c. 15th century

    3. Painted Altarpieces   top

  E. GERMANY AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE   top

    1. Architecture   top

Fig. 16-48
Interior, Altneuschul, Prague, Bohemia (Czech Republic). c. late 13th century; bimah after 1483; later additions and alterations.

    2. Sculpture   top

Fig. 16-50
Nicholas of Verdun and workshop. Shrine of the Three Kings.c. 1190 - c. 1205/10. Silver and gilded bronze with enamel and gemstones, 5'8" x 6' x 3'8" (1.73 x 1.83 x 1.12 m). Cathedral Treasury, Cologne, Germany

Fig. 16-51
Dormition of the Virgin, south transept portal tympanum, Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, France. c. 1230

Ref: Fig. 16-52

Detail of Saint Maurice, Magdeburg Cathedral, Magdeburg, Germany. c. 1240 - 50. Dark sandstone with traces of polychromy

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Ekkehard and Uta, west chapel sanctuary, Naumburg Cathedral, Naumburg, Germany. c. 1245 - 60. Stone, originally polychromed, approx. 6'2" (1.88 m)

Fig. 16-54
Vesperbild, Middle Rhine region, Germany

  F. ITALY   top

Charity, by Giovanni de Balduccio, c. 1330, marble

Madonna of San Silvester, polychrome wood

    1. Architecture   top

A beautiful side view of the Siena Cathedral

Fig. 16-55
Arnolfo di Cambio, Francesco Talenti, Andrea Orcagna, and others. Florence Cathedral, Florence. Begun 1296; redesigned 1357 and 1366; drum and dome by Brunelleschi,1420 - 36; campanile by Giotto, Andrea Pisano, and Francesco Talenti, c.1334 - 50

Figs. 16-56 and 16-57
Interior view and plan, Florence Cathedral

    2. Sculpture   top

Madonna Enthroned, by Arnolfo di Cambrio, c. 1296-1302, marble, from Florence

Fig. 16-58
Nicola Pisano. Pulpit, Baptistry, Pisa. 1260. Marble; height approx. 15' (4.6 m)

Fig. 16-60
Nicola Pisano. Nativity, detail of pulpit, Baptistry, Pisa. Marble.

Fig. 16-61
Andrea Pisano. Life of John the Baptist, south doors, Baptistry of San Giovanni, Florence. 1330 - 36. Gilded bronze

Fig. 16-62
Coppo di Marcovaldo. Crucifix, from Tuscany, Italy. c. 1250 - 1300. Tempera and gold on wood panel, (2.93 x 2.47 m). Pinacoteca, San Gimignano, Italy

    3. Painting   top

Fig. 16-63
Duccio di Buoninsegna. Virgin and Child in Majesty, main panel of Maestà Altarpiece, from Siena Cathedral. 1308 - 11. Tempera and gold on wood panel, (2.13 x 3.96 m). Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena

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Simone Martini. Annunciation, center panel of altarpiece from Siena Cathedral. 1333. Tempera and gold on wood panel; 19th-century frame, 10' x 8'9" (3.05 x 2.67 m). Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Fig. 16-66
Pietro Lorenzetti. Birth of the Virgin, from Siena Cathedral. c. 1335 - 42. Tempera and gold on wood panel; frame partially replaced; (1.88 x 1.82 m). Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena

Fig. 16-68
Cimabue. Virgin and Child Enthroned, Cimabue

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Giotto di Bondone. Virgin and Child Enthroned, from the Church of the Ognissanti, Florence. c. 1310. Tempera and gold on wood panel, (3.53 x 2.05 m). Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Fig. 16-70
Saint Francis Master. Miracle of the Crib of Greccio, fresco in upper church of San Francesco, Assisi, Italy. c. 1295 - 1301/30

Fig. 16-71
Giotto di Bondone. Last Judgement, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, Padua. 1305 - 6

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Giotto di Bondone. The Lamentation, 1305-6. Fresco in the Avena (Scrovegni) Chapel

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