HAID: Gothic

Opus Fragencium

Gothic art

elegant, highly decorated and characterized by the use of sumptuous, colorful materials.

Abbot Surger

invented the Gothic Style when he designed the facade, ambulatory and chapels of the Royal Abbey Church of St. Denis

Tempera

painting technique in which pigments are combined with egg

Stained glass

colored glass made by mixing metallic oxides into molten translucent glass or fixing oxides onto surface of clear glass, cut into shapes and assembled together by strips of lead

Dominican and Franciscan

religious orders founded during the Gothic period

Chevet

east end of the church compromising the choir, the ambulatory and apse

General features in Gothic Paintings

• Gradual increase in realism

• Madonna enthroned; a favorite theme

• Early attempts at perspective

Scholasticism

• was the method of teaching that dominated schools in Western Europe from about 1100 until about 1600.

• Taught to argue with reason, experience and authority.

Fan vault

a concave conical vault whose ribs, of equal length and curvature, radiate from the springing like the ribs of a fan

Lierne

is a tertiary rib connecting one rib to another, as opposed to connecting to a springer, or to the central boss

arch, tracery

Gothic architecture is characterized by the pointed _ and geometrical _

clerestory

the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows. It is clear of the roofs of the aisles and admits light to the central parts of the building.

tracery

ornamental stone openwork, typically in the upper part of a Gothic window

flying buttresses

an exterior structure composed of thin half-arches or flyers. This supported the wall at the point where the thrust if an arch was the greatest

Phases of English Gothic

a. Early English / Lancet Style

b. Decorated Style

c. Rich tracery

d. Perpendicular/Rectinlinear Style

Cimabue

original name Bencivieni di Pepo, last great Byzantine painter

Giotto di Bondone

student of Cimabue and considered as the Grandfather of Renaissance art

Cathedral of Notre Dame de Chartres

known as France’s model church known for its unmatched towers

Amiens Cathedral, France

the tallest complete cathedral in France with the greatest interior volume

Cathedral

seat of the bishop, from the greek word kathedra meaning “seat or throne”

Triforium

a gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church.

pinnacle

is a pointed, ornamental architectural feature, often found at the top of a buttress or pier, that enhances verticality and provides structural stability by counteracting the lateral thrust of vaults.

Ribbed groin vaults

vault that requires less buttressing

Gargoyles

grotesquely carved figures

Pier

a column-like support for arches in the Gothic church

Compound column

a pier composed of a conjunction of colonettes generally attached to a central shaft; a clustered column

Bosses

ornamental projections covering the intersection of ribs; intricately carved with foliage, heraldic devices or other decorations

crocket

a projecting ornament c

Characteristics of Gothic Architecture

• Building great cathedrals

• Progressive lightening and heightening of structures

• Use of pointed arch and ribbed vault

• Use of a system of richly decorated fenestration

Crocket

a projecting ornament, the blunt terminal of conventionalized foliage as frequent occurring along the edges of a spire

Spire

a tall tower roof, tapering upward to a point

Cologne capital

floor space is the largest among all Gothic churches (Germany)

King’s College Chapel

finest example of late Gothic (Perpendicular), features a fan vaulting of the roof

Ca D’Oro

house of gold, palace on the Grand Canal in Venice. Epitomizes the Gothic style in Venice.