Gothic Art

The Age of the Great Cathedrals

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Gothic rib vault and the domical vault systems

Construction of a Gothic cathedral

Elevations of nave walls of Laon (left) & Chartres (right)

Abbey Church, Saint-Denis. Ambulatory and radiating chapels (Abbot Suger, architect)

Chartres Cathedral, before the Fire (early gothic)

60. Chartres Cathedral. Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. 1145-1155 (original construction) 1194-1220 (reconstructed)

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Chartres Cathedral. Royal Portals

Chartres Cathedral. Jamb statues of Old Testament queen and two kings

Chartres nave & plan

Stained glass, Chartres

61. Dedication page with Blanche of Castile and Louis IX of France. Scenes from the apocalypse from Bibles moralisees. Gothic Europe. 1225-1245

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Laon Cathedral, Laon, France. begun c. 1190

Nave elevation

Notre-Dame, Paris. South flank

Robert De Luzarches, Thomas De Cormont, and Renaud De Cormont; Amiens Cathedral. c. 1220-1236

Plan of Amiens

Nave of Amiens

Reims Cathedral. c. 1225-1290

Sainte-Chapelle, Paris 1243-1248

Gothic in England

• Gothic style spread through western Europe

• Some Romanesque traits still found in combination with Gothic

Salisbury Cathedral, England. 1220-1258

Gloucester Cathedral. 1330-1357

Cologne Cathedral, Germany. begun 1248

62. Rottgren Pieta, from the Rhineland, Germany. Late Medieval c. 1300-1325. painted wood

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Ekkehard and Uta, from Naumburg Cathedral. c. 1249-1255

Antonio Gaudi(1852-1925)

• Spanish Architect of the Art Nouveau Style• Drew inspiration from Gothic style, but developed

a unique style of his ownHe once said on the subject of gothic architecture:• Gothic art is imperfect, it means to solve; it is the style of

the compass, the formula of industrial repetition. Its stability is based on the permanent propping of abutments: it is a defective body that holds with support... gothic works produce maximum emotion when they are mutilated, covered with ivy and illuminated by the moon.

• Church was recently dedicated as a basilica, and is said to be completed in 2026

Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia