Barron's: Chapter 12 - Gothic Art Flashcards
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Essential Knowledge
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- there is no uniform medieval style. some periods revive ancient classicism; others use geometric and natural designs
- medieval artists are influenced by contemporaries in other parts of Europe, as well as ancient traditions
- learning was centered on specific fields that were transmitted throughout Europe through trade, pilgrimage, and military activity
- medieval architecture is mostly religious
- medieval painting and sculpture avoids naturalistic depictions
- at times medieval religions will reject images
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Chartres Cathedral
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- c. 1145-1155
- later additions
- limestone and stained glass
- Chartres, France
- Gothic Art
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Westminster Hall
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- 1097-1099
- ceiling 1390s
- stone and wood
- London, England
- Gothic Art
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Royal Portals
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- 1145-1155
- limestone
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chartres, France
- Gothic Art
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Time Period
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- 1140-1400
- up to 1550 in some sections of Europe
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Rottgen Pieta
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- 1300-1325
- painted wood
- Rheinisches Landesmuseum
- Bonn, Germany
- Gothic Art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Images of Suffering
- Coyolxauhqui Stone
- Munch, The Scream
- Seated Boxer
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Notre Dame de la Belle Verrie “Our Lady of the Beautiful Window”
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- c. 1170
- stained glass
- Chartres Cathedral
- Gothic Art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Transparency and Reflection
- Kusama, Narcissus Garden
- Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Building
- Versailles, Hall of Mirrors
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Scenes from the Apocalypse
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- from a Bible moralisee (Moralized Bible)
- c. 1226-1234
- illuminated manuscript, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum
- Cathedral, Toledo
- Gothic Art
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Gold
- Golden Stool
- Ogat Korin, With and Red Plum Blossoms
- Gold and Jade Crown
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Blanche of Castile and Louis IX
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- 1226-1234
- illuminated manuscript, ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum
- Morgan Library, New York
- Gothic Art
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Golden Haggadah
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- The Plagues of Egypt, Scenes of Liberation and Preparation for Passover
- c. 1320
- illuminated manuscript, pigment on vellum
- Gothic Art
- British Library, London
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Works as Part of a Series
- Rubens, Henry IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’Medici from the Marie de’Medoco Cycle
- Lawrence, The Migration of the Negro, Panel no.49
- Giotto, Lamentation from the Arena Chapel
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Andachtsbild
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- an image used for private contemplation and devotion
12
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Apocalypse
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- the last book of the Christian Bible, sometimes called the Revelations, which details God-s destruction of evil and consequent raising to heaven of the righteous
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Chevet
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- the east end of a Gothic church
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Choir
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- a space in a church between the transept and the apse for a choir or clergyman
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Close
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- an enclosed garden-like area around a cathedral
