ARTH Terms 8

Abbey of St. Denis. Paris. 1140-44 CE. Gothic. Has westworks, chevet

Theology of light

Light is a manifestation of god, churches moved from heavy dark stone walls of Romanesque to luminous spaces. - Abbot Suger, a french abbot, statesman, advisor to the king, “father of gothic architecture”. Dionysius the Pseudo -Areopagite (philosopher), Gospel of John

What type of architectural feature is this?

Quaddripartite vault - an arched stone ceiling divided into four distinct triangular or curved sections (cells or webs) by two diagonal stone ribs. Gothic

What type of architectural feature is this?

Pointed arches - replacing the heavy, rounded arches of the Romanesque style, good for lighter walls and large windows

Compound piers - vertical structural supports made of a central core surrounded by multiple attached shafts,

Nave arcade - the ground-floor series of arches supported by piers or columns that separates the central longitudinal space (the nave) from the lower side aisles

Triforium

Cathedral of Notre Dame at Chartres, France. from 1194 CE. Gothic. Flying buttresses,

Plate tracery - openings were punched out of a solid, heavy slab or "plate" of stone. More stone than glass in window

What architectural style is this?

Rayonnant - 13th-century French Gothic architecture that shifted the focus from massive structural size to radiant light, delicate decoration, and illusion of weightlessness. stained glass, tracery, ornamentation

Bar tracery - thin, molded stone bars bent and interlaced into delicate geometric or flowing patterns. More glass than stone

What style tracery is west facade of Chartres Cathedral?

Plate tracery

What style is south facade of Chartres Cathedral?

Bar tracery

Reims Cathedral. Reims, France. begun 1235 CE. Gothic

Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. 1243-8 CE. Gothic. True cross reliquary chapel and Louis IX “court style” architecture

True cross reliquary chapel

houses a sacred relic believed to be a fragment of the cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified. ex: Sainte-Chapelle

Louis IX “Court style”

earliest and most refined phase of the Rayonnant ("radiant") Gothic style. Glass instead of walls, tracery. ex: Sainte-Chapelle

Beauvais Cathedral. Beauvais, France. Gothic

Choir of Beauvais Cathedral. Beauvais, France. after 1284 CE. Gothic

Canterbury Cathedral. Outside photo

Trinity Chapel at Canterbury Cathedral. England. 1174-84 CE. English Gothic. (“early english style”). Ceiling is a circular corona. Norman thick wall construction instead of buttresses.

Wells Cathedral. England. 1330 CE. English Gothic. “decorated style”, strainer arch andd choir vault

Strainer arch. “decorated style” english gothic

Choir vault. “decorated style” english gothic

Chapel of Henry VII at Westminister Abbey in Westminister, London. 1503-12 CE. “perpendicular style” english gothic. pendants, fan vaults

Pendants, “perpendicular style” english gothic.

Fan vaults. “perpendicular style” english gothic

Santa Maria dei Fiori (Cathedral) in Florence, Italy. begun 1296. Architect Arnolfo di Cambio

Planned expansion of Siena Cathedral. Tuscany, Italy. Italian Gothic. Begun in 14th century to build a larger cathedral than Florence, but failed due to black plague and labor/economic collapse