Gothic Architecture - Art History



AP Art History

Study Guide

Chapter 18 /Gothic At

Learning Objectives:

1. How is the manner of the Gothic era different from the Romanesque era?  How is this displayed in the art? 

2. Explain the impact of Abbot Suger and St. Denis on architecture in the Gothic era.

3. Distinguish regional differences in Gothic architecture.

4. What architectural elements allowed the Gothic stained glass window to become possible?

5. Describe the characteristics of sculpture in the Gothic era.

Gothic Architecture

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Abbey church of St.-Denis, 1140-1144

Plan of St.-Denis

Ambulatory Choir of St. Denis

Aerial view of Chartres Cathedral, France, begun 1134; rebuilt after 1194

Plan of Chartres Cathedral

West façade, Chartres Cathedral

Royal portal, west façade, Chartres Cathedral

St. Chapelle, 1243-1248

Interior, Ambulatory Choir of St. Chapelle, 1243-1248

Notre Dame Cathedral, west façade

Notre Dame Cathedral, view from the southeast

Plan of Notre Dame

Portal of the Virgin, Notre Dame

Nave of Amiens Cathedral, France, begun 1220

Choir vault, Amiens

West façade, Reims Cathedral, France, 1225-1290

Portal at Reims Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral

Plan of Salisbury Cathedral

Chapel of Henry VII, 1503-1519

Nave, fan vaulting of Henry VII Chapel

Sculpture & Stained Glass

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West portal, Chartres Cathedral, 1145-70

Jamb statues, Chartres

Christ as “Beautiful God” (Beau Dieu), west façade, Reims Cathedral, 1220-1235

Rose Window, Chartres Cathedral

The Virgin of Notre Dame, early 14th c.

Angels, stained glass window, Amiens, 1269

South rose window, Notre Dame, 1220

Visitation and Annunciation, west façade, Reims Cathedral, 1220

Detail of Visitation: Mary and Elizabeth

Ekkehard and Uta, west choir statues from Naumberg Cathedral, 1249-1255

Bamberg Rider, statue in east choir from Bamberg Cathedral, 1255-1240

Virgin and the Dead Christ (Rottgen Pieta), 1300-1325

Vocabulary/Terms:

Ribbed Vaulting

Fan Vault

Flying Buttress

Jamb Statue

Pointed Arch

Portal

Transept

Radiating Chapel

Choir

Clerestory

Rose Window

Reliquary

Scholasticism/Aristotle

Abbot Suger

Rayonnant Style (Radiant)

Flamboyant Style

Perpendicular Style

Pieta

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