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Gothic 1
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Gothic Art - Theme

• The Quest for Height and Light.
• focus on the new light (lux nova) desired by
  Abbot Suger for St. Denis
• the competitive rush to the skies that will be
  manifest in the cathedrals built during the
  Gothic period.

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Observe the Bean Sprout!

• Giotto will once again show an interest in the
  natural world.
• The sprout though small and young, seems
  determined to break through crusty soil to reach
  for the sun (fame).
• three nurturing roots present in the Trecento
  (the 14th cent. as a period in Italian art and
  literature)
• new economic strength,
• the philosophy of humanism
• a new emphasis on personal experience.

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Gothic Art

• a Medieval art movement that developed in France
  out of Romanesque art in the mid-12th century
• easily recognizable shifts in architecture from
  Romanesque to Gothic
• Primary media in the Gothic period included
  sculpture, panel painting, stained glass, fresco
  and illuminated manuscript.

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Title Interior, Abbey Church of Saint-Denis,
Choir Date 114044 123181 Source/ Museum
Paris, France

• is an important Catholic basilica located in
  Saint Denis, a northern suburb of Paris.
• notable for its Gothic architecture Pointed
  Arches, rib vaulting, windows
• burial site of French monarchs, which makes it
  comparable to Westminster Abbey in England.
• first major structure built in the Gothic style.
• The façade of Saint-Denis has a rose window and a
  crenellated parapet on top similar to the
  fortifications of a castle.
• The lovely stained-glass windows, in mauve,
  purple, blue, and rose, were restored in the 19th
  century.
• Napoleon and Marie Antoinette
• Abbot Suger- Light and Color as a means of
  illuminating the soul

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• Title West Façade, Chartres Cathedral (The
  Cathedral of Notre-Dame)
• Medium n/a
• Size n/a
• Date West façade begun c. 1134 cathedral
  rebuilt after a fire in 1194 building continued
  to 1260 north spire 150713
• it is almost perfectly preserved in its original
  design and details.
• portal sculpture remains fully intact and its
  glowing stained-glass windows are all originals
• a major pilgrimage destination
• mismatched west spires

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• The plan of the Gothic cathedral is a Latin cross
  with three aisles, a short transept and an
  ambulatory. The rounded east end has five
  semi-circular radiating chapels.
• high nave is supported by double flying
  buttresses-
• first building on which buttresses were used as a
  structural element that determined the overall
  external appearance of the building

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Title Nave, Chartres Cathedral, c. 11941220
The spacious nave is the widest in France and
stands 121 feet (36m) high Clustered columns
rise dramatically from plain bases to the high
pointed arches of the ceiling, an ambulatory
wraps around the choir and sanctuary
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• Title Royal Portal, West Façade, Chartres
  Cathedral
• both transepts have large rose windows, flanking
  towers and three sculptured portals each
• the three-portal layout is unique to Chartres.
• In total, Chartres Cathedral has nine portals,
  including three salvaged from the earlier
  cathedral on the west portal.

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Artist n/a Title Royal Portal, West Façade,
Chartres Cathedral. Detail Prophets and
Ancestors of Christ (Kings and Queens of Judea)
(Right side, Central Portal) Medium n/a Size
n/a Date c. 114555 Source/ Museum Chartres,
France elegant and elongated statues of kings,
queens and figures from the Old Testament that
are full of expression, gazing down on the
visitor with elegant condescension.