NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS – EXTERIOR VIEW OF APSE – AND A ROOF GARGOYLE
FLYING BUTTRESS, NOTRE-DAME DE PARISTRACERY AND PINNACLES – ALSO TRUE GARGOYLES
VIRGIN AND CHILD (VIRGIN OF PARIS), NOTRE-DAME, PARIS, FRANCE, EARLY 14TH CENTURY.
“HUMANIZING” NATURALISM
NEAR S-CURVE
SAINT-CHAPELLE, INTERIOR OF THE UPPER CHAPEL, 1243–1248 (ALSO ON ÎLE DE LA CITÉ)
WHAT STYLE?
RAYONNANT
6,250’ OF STAINED CLASS – MORE GLASS THAN WALLS
PATRON? LOUIS IX (ST. LOUIS)
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE UPPER CHAPEL AT SAINT-CHAPELLE – WITH SWARMS OF TOURISTS
NOTE THAT THE RIBS OVER THE ALTAR ARE PURELY DECORATIVE, NOT STRUCTURAL
ROBERT DE LUZARCHES, THOMAS DE CORMONT, AND RENAUD DE CORMONT, WEST FACADE OF AMIENS CATHEDRAL, AMIENS, FRANCE, BEGUN 1220
CHRIST (BEAU DIEU), TRUMEAU STATUE OF CENTRAL DOORWAY, WEST FACADE, AMIENS CATHEDRAL
A “KINDER, GENTLER” JESUS
AND HE’S REACHING OUT OF THE TRUMEAU
WEST FAÇADE OF REIMS CATHEDRAL, REIMS, FRANCE © 1225–1290.
WHAT’S NEW?
STAINED GLASS TYMPANAE
VERTICALITY
ANNUNCIATION AND VISITATION, JAMB SCULPTURES OR CENTRAL DOOR, WEST PORTAL, REIMS
ALMOST CLASSICAL NATURALISM, CONTRAPPOSTO (AND “OUT OF THE BOX”)
PIERRE ROBIN AND AMBROSE HAREN, SAINT-MACLOU, WESTERN FAÇADE. ROUEN, FRANCE © 1500–1514.
FLAMBOYANT!
MANY DECORATIVE (NON-STRUCTURAL) ELEMENTS
RESTORED AERIAL VIEW OF THE FORTIFIED TOWN OF CARCASSONNE, FRANCE. BASTIONS AND TOWERS, 12TH–13TH Cs.
HOUSE OF JACQUES COEUR, BOURGES, FRANCE, 1443–1451
MERCHANTS AS RICH AS SOME NOBLES, INCREASING SECULAR POWER!
SPECIFIC GOALS:
UNDERSTAND THE DECORATED AND PERPENDICULAR VARIATIONS OF THE GOTHIC STYLE IN ENGLAND.
EXAMINE THE COMPLEX TOMBS OF ROYALTY AND OTHER ART FORMS IN GOTHIC ENGLAND.
AERIAL VIEW OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL, SALISBURY, ENGLAND, 1220–1258; WEST FACADE COMPLETED 1265; SPIRE © 1320–1330.
WEST FAÇADE, SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
HOW DIFFERENT FROM FRENCH?
SHORT, WIDER THAN NAVE, FEWER WINDOWS, RELIEFS, 5 LEVELS, TOWER OVER CROSSING
PLAN, SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
LONG AXIS TYPICALLY ENGLISH (COMPARE DURHAM), DOUBLE TRANSEPTS ROMANESQUE, BUT GOTHIC RECTANGULAR NAVE BAYS AND SQUARE AISLE BAYS
NAVE, SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
LIKE FRENCH:
TRIPARTITE ELEVATION, QUADRIPARTITE RIBBED VAULTS
DIFFERENT:
OVERALL HORIZONTAL ORIENTATION, LESS UNITY (RIBS SPRING FROM CORBELS, NOT THE PIERS), NO ROSE, NO STAINED GLASS (ORIGINALLY), LANCETS BUT NO OCULI, LESS LIGHT
CHOIR OF GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL (LOOKING EAST), GLOUCESTER, ENGLAND, 1332–1357
PERPENDICULAR STYLE – PURELY ORNAMENTAL "VAULT RIBS"
TOMB OF EDWARD II, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL, GLOUCESTER, ENGLAND, © 1330–1335
EXAMPLE OF THE ENGLISH ROYAL TOMB
SPECIFIC GOALS:
UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING OF THE COLOGNE CATHEDRAL AND ITS EMPHASIS ON HEIGHT.
ANALYZE THE STRUCTURE AND ORIGINS OF THE GERMAN HALLENKIRKE AND WHY IT DIFFERS FROM THE FRENCH-INFLUENCED GOTHIC.
ANALYZE THE EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION AND DRAMA OF THE GERMAN GOTHIC SCULPTURE.
EXAMINE THE COMPLEX ALTARS, SHRINES, AND RELIQUARIES OF THE GERMAN GOTHIC.
COLOGNE CATHEDRAL – THE EASTERN END IS 13TH- C. (BUT REST IS SUPPOSELY BUILT TO ORIGINAL PLAN). NAVE, 422’ LONG. IT HAS DOUBLE AISLES (DIFFERENT FROM FRENCH AND ENGLISH)
CHOIR AND APSE, COLOGNE CATHEDRAL (150’ HIGH)
HAS LIGHTNESS AND UNITY OF FRENCH GOTHIC, BUT HEIGHT GIVES IT SOME PERPENDICULARITY
SAINT ELIZABETH, MARBURG, 1235- 1283, WESTERN FAÇADE
EXTERIOR CLOSER TO OTTONIAN/ ROMANESQUE THAN FRENCH GOTHIC (NO TRACERY, NO SCULPTURE
HALLENKIRCHE – HALL CHURCH – ALSO ROMANESQUE
SAINT ELIZABETH’S, MARBURG, EASTERN END (APSE) – NO RADIATING CHAPELS, NO BUTTRESSES (BECAUSE WALLS ARE MASSIVE)
STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL, WESTERN FAÇADE, STRASBOURG FRANCE (ALSACE), 1176 - 1240
LOWER PART OF WEST PORTAL, STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL
FLYING BUTTRESSES, STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Frontispice_cath%C3%A9drale_Strasbourg.JPG
DEATH OF THE VIRGIN, TYMPANUM OF LEFT DOORWAY, SOUTH TRANSEPT, STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL
NOTE COMPOSITION, NATURALISM AND EMOTION (AND INTERTWINING ON ARCHIVOLT)
ECKEHARD AND UTASTATUES IN THE WEST CHOIR, NAUMBURG CATHEDRALNAUMBURG, GERMANY © 1249-1255PAINTED LIMESTONE6’ 2” HIGH
POWER AND AUTHORITY