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Chapter Seven Gothic Europe
  • Dates and Places
  • 12th to 14th century
  • Western Europe (begins in France)
  • People
  • Growth of urban centers
  • Sophisticated courts
  • Scholasticism
  • Cult of Virgin Mary

Reims Cathedral, ca. 12251290. Fig. 7-1.
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Gothic
  • Themes
  • Virgin Mary
  • Life of Christ and saints
  • Portraits
  • Secular life
  • Forms
  • Immense churches
  • Increasingly optical approach to figures and
    space
  • Lavish ornament and materials

Saint Theodore, Chartres Cathedral, ca. 1230.
Fig. 7-12.
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Gothic France
  • Example
  • Birth of Gothic style
  • Abbot Suger
  • Royal church
  • Rib vaults and pointed arches
  • Open space
  • Stained glass windows, symbolic light lux nova

Plan, abbey church, Saint-Denis, 11401144. Fig.
7-3.
4
Gothic France
Notre-Dame, begun 1163. Fig. 7-8.
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Gothic France
  • Example
  • Flying buttresses
  • Quadrant arches
  • Rose windows
  • Towers on heavily ornamented westwork
  • Large clerestory of stained glass windows
  • Skeletal support system

Notre-Dame, begun 1163. Fig. 7-8.
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Gothic France
  • Example
  • Stained glass window
  • Lux nova
  • Stories of the faith
  • Virgin Mary
  • Bar tracery

Rose window and lancets, Chartres Cathedral, ca.
1220. Fig. 7-11.
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Gothic France
Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220. Fig. 7-13.
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Gothic France
  • Example
  • Gothic architects seek height
  • Nave bays with arcade, triforium, and clerestory
  • Rib vaults, colonettes, compound piers
  • Flying buttresses outside

Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220. Fig. 7-13.
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Gothic France
Annunciation and Visitation, Reims Cathedral,
ca. 12301255. Fig. 7-14.
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Gothic France
  • Example
  • Portal jamb sculpture
  • Compare to Royal Portal at Chartres
  • Increasing naturalism
  • Figures released from vertical support
  • Influence of classical sculpture
  • Cult of Mary Visitation

Annunciation and Visitation, Reims Cathedral,
ca. 12301255. Fig. 7-14.
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Gothic France
Sainte-Chapelle, 12431248. Fig. 7-15.
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Gothic France
  • Example
  • Skeletal support
  • Walls replaced by stained glass
  • Rib vaults, mullions
  • Rayonnant style

Sainte-Chapelle, 12431248. Fig. 7-15.
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Gothic France
Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, and two monks,
12261234. Fig. 7-18.
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Gothic France
  • Example
  • Illuminated manuscript
  • Produced in urban workshops
  • Luxury books for private patrons
  • Contemporary architectural style
  • Courtly elegance

Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, and two monks,
12261234. Fig. 7-18.
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