Early Gothic

Starting in France 

14 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Question 1
  • Laon Cathedral
    • 1160-1215
      • begun at east end
      • nave 1178
      • Façade 1215
      • Bulls– symbols of Luke
Early gothic arctecture
    • 6 part vaulting: Triple and quintile coloneltts
    • Groin/rib vault
      • Allows for large windows
      • Four part elevation
        • Nave
        • Gallery
        • Triphorum (hidden buttress)
        • Clear story
Question 3
  • Canterbury Christ church Cathedral
    • Choir after 1174
      • 6-part vaulting
      • large windows
      • 3 part elevation
      • built to house remains of Thomas of Becket
Question 4
  • Cathedral of Notre-Dame
    • Chartres, France
    • 1145-1260
      • high Gothic
    • nave (1194-1160)
      • elevation: pointed nave, triforium, clear story
4-part vaults quadrapartipe
  • 120ft
  • towers added later
3-part facade
  • well preserved sculpture on façade
    • burned several times
    • rebuilt very quickly
    • relics survived
Question 5
  • Cathedral of Notre-Dame
    • Chartres, France
  • royal portals (1140-1150)
    • Christ in majesty, virgin and child, etc
    • South saint portal- more natralistic
Question 6
  • Cathedral of Notre-Dame
    • Chartres, France
  • Jamb figures portal side
    • Inhabit space with more volume, less rigid
Question 7
  • Cathedral of Notre-Dame
    • Chartres, France
  • Belle verriere (stained glass) west façade
    • mid 12th
    • emphasis on Mary
    • mosaic-like and complex
Flying buttress
    • Extra support (not part of the building) on outside of building, taking stress off of the walls and transfers it into columns
Question 9
  • Reims Cathedral
    • 1211- mid 13th century
    • nave 1240-1290
      • built after a fire
      • built over extended period of time (continuous)
      • not enthusiastic= led to riots
      • Jean D’orbais
Question 10
Reims Cathedral
  • Mature gothic church
    • Triforium, nave, clear story (large)
    • Lancet windows (pointed)
    • 4 part vault
    • bar tracery (shift away from Chartres)
Question 11
Reims Cathedral
  • visitation group sculpture
    • 1230
    • more naturalistic and more in the round
    • contrapposto
Question 12
  • Bourges cathedral
    • 1195-1255
    • tall clear story
      • double elevation: double triphorum and clearstory
      • 6-part vaulting
      • high gothic
Question 13
  • Salisbury Cathedral
    • England
    • Begun in 1220, dedicated 1258
      • Built on level ground
      • Not on the site of previous churches
    • Nicholas of Ely (architect)
      • Flying buttress (camouflaged)
      • Oculus but no rose window
      • 3 stage elevation:
        • false gallery (triforium)
        • nave
        • clearstory
      • Square façade
      • Dark purple marble (purbeck) outline the architecture
        • Vertical upward movement
Question 14
  • Burgos Cathedral
    • Spain
    • Founded 1221, cons. 1260 (mostly 14th century)
      • France and England in constant communication
    • 1219 Bishop traveled and witnessed Gothic structures
      • 3 part façade
        • Expanded triforium
      • Sarmental Portal
        • Naturalism
        • Jesus surrounded by apposes (represented by animals)
        • Similar to Amiens cathedral sculpture (1220-1236)