Romanesque and Gothic Art

St Foy. (1050-1120).

- Conques, France.

-Rounded Arches

-Buttresses

-Barrel Vaults

-Exterior Sculptures

Sainte-Madeleine. (1104-1132).

-Vezelay, France.

-Latin cross floor plan  

-Buttresses

-Barrel Vaults

-Thick stone walls and few windows

-Roman arch

The Mission of the Apostles. (1120-1132).

- Tympanum of Sainte-Madeleine.

- Vezelay, France.

-Figures are disproportionate

-Biblical

-façade (face) of the church

The Battle of Hastings. (1073-1083).

-Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry.

-Wool embroidery on linen.

-Storytelling

-Biblical

-Decorative

Notre Dame. (1163-1250).

-Paris, France.

-Pointed Arches

-Flying Buttresses

-Ribbed Vaults

-Stained Glass (verticality)

Annunciation & Visitation. (c.1230-55).

-Reims Cathedral, France.

-more realistic

-Verticality

-coloums

Sainte-Chapelle,(1243-48).

-Interior stained glass windows.

-Paris, France.

-verticality'

-stained glass

-pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, flying buttresses

Crucifix. (c. 1268-71).

-Cimabue.

- San Domenico, Arezzo.

-emotional expressions

-realism

-symbolism

Maesta. (1308).

-Duccio di Buoninsegna

-Tempera and gold on wood.

-verticality

-realism

-emotional depth

-emphasis

Annunciation. (1333).

-Simone Martini.

-Tempera and gold on panel.

-verticality (pointed arches)

-realism

-emotional depth

-emphasis

Lamentation. (1305-1306).

-Giotto.

-Fresco (mural painting)

-realism

-emotional depth

-emphasis

The Allegory of Good and Bad Government. (1339).

-Ambrogio Lorenzetti.

-Fresco.

-sense of death

-symbolism

-perspective