Transcript Gothic 1 - Mrs.McArthur's AP Art History Class

Gothic 1
Part 2
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Title: Royal Portal, West Façade,
Chartres Cathedral. Detail:
Prophets and Ancestors of Christ
(Kings and Queens of Judea)
(Right side, Central Portal)
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Date: c. 1145–55
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.
150 and 170 medieval stained glass
West Rose dates from early 13th century and its three
lancet windows are from c.1150.
window depicts the Last Judgment: Christ in judgment is
surrounded by Four Evangelists and angels, then scenes
of angels blowing trumpets, resurrection, judgment,
heaven and hell.
North Rose and its five lancet (tall arched wondows)
windows were a gift from Queen Blanche of Castille in
1230. The rose window depicts the Glorification of the
Virgin: Virgin and Child surrounded by doves and angels,
then Old Testament kings and Old Testament prophets
South Rose and its five lancet windows date from the
1230s. The rose window depicts the Glorification of
Christ: Christ blessing surrounded by Four Evangelists
and angels, then the elders of the Apocalypse, then the
arms of donors to the cathedral.
notable window is the Blue Virgin Window, created
around 1150 and now part of a window in the south
ambulatory aisle next to the transept.
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Title: Chartres Cathedral, air view from
Southeast
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•Cathedral has housed the tunic of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, the Sancta Camisia,
since 876
•one of several French Gothic
masterpieces built because fire had
destroyed its predecessors
•1194 it seemed that the Sancta Camisia
perished in the fire. But three days later it
was found unharmed in the treasury, which
the bishop proclaimed was a sign from
Mary herself that another
Title: Nave, Amiens Cathedral
Date: 1220–88; upper choir reworked after 1258
Source/ Museum: France
is the tallest Gothic church and
largest cathedral in France.
length of 476 feet, hgt. 139 feet
1206, most important
pilgrimage destinations in
Europe when the head of St.
John the Baptist was brought
back by Crusaders. principal
source of revenue for the
cathedral for years to come
fire - Romanesque cathedral in
1218
a three-aisled nave
twin-towered west façade
a three-aisled transept
a five-aisled choir
an ambulatory
Title: Vaults, Sanctuary,
Amiens Cathedral
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Date: Upper choir after
1258; vaulted by 1288
Source/ Museum: France
beauty in simplicity - all
vertical lines stretching to
the tall ceiling in a light and
calm space
floor is tiled in striking blackand-white geometric
patterns that echo the
labyrinth in the center of the
nave
Title: West Façade, Cathedral of NotreDame, Reims
Date: Rebuilding begun 1211; façade
begun c. 1225; to the height of rose
window by 1260; finished for the
coronation of Philip the Fair in 1286;
towers left unfinished in 1311; additional
work 1406–28
Source/ Museum: France
The kings of France were once crowned
in Reims Cathedral. Along with the
cathedrals of Chartres and Amiens,
Reims is a member of the illustrious triad
of "High Gothic" or "Classical" French
cathedrals built in the 13th century.
In 1875 the French National Assembly
voted to fund extensive repairs of the
façade and balustrades. This façade is
the finest portion of the building, and one
of the most perfect masterpieces of the
Middle Ages
The towers, 267 ft. high, were originally
designed to rise 394 ft. The south tower
contains two great bells, one of which (named
"Charlotte" by the Cardinal of Lorraine in 1570)
weighs more than 11 tons
Famous Russian painter Marc Chagall's work
can also be admired in the cathedral through
the stained glasses later installed at the back,
and on the side of the cathedral.
The treasury contains the Sainte Ampoule, or
holy flask, the successor of the ancient one that
contained the oil with which French kings were
anointed. The original was broken at the French
Revolution but the current version contains a
fragment of the original.
German shellfire during the opening
engagements of the First World War on 20
September 1914 The lead of the roofs melted
and poured through the stone gargoyles,
destroying in turn the bishop's palace
Title: Nave, Reims Cathedral, looking
West
Date: Begun 1211; nave c. 1220
Source/ Museum: Reims, France
The interior of the cathedral is 455 ft. long,
98 ft. wide in the nave, and 125 ft. high in
the center
•nave with aisles
•transepts with aisles
•a choir with double aisles
•an apse with ambulatory and radiating
chapels.
The cathedral possessed fine tapestries
Title: Upper Chapel, SainteChapelle
Date: 1243–48
Source/ Museum: Paris
13th-century Gothic chapel in the
heart of Paris, France. It was built
by Louis IX for use as his royal
chapel.
purchased the crown of thorns
for 135,000 livres (the entire
chapel, by contrast, cost 40,000
livres to build). A piece of the True
Cross was added, along with
other relics, making SainteChapelle a valuable reliquary.
•strong sense of fragile beauty
•enveloped in light and color
•6,458 square feet of stained
glass windows
•1,130 figures from the Bible
http://www.360cities.net/image/la-saintechapelle#-277.44,7.50,60.0