ch.18 Gothic European

Question 1

Chartres Cathedral (History)

Answer 1

• Gothic Europe
• Chartes, France
• built for pilgrims
• Gothic style originated in France
• destroyed in fire
• holds Mary’s robe during birth
• devotion for virgin Mary

Question 2

Chartres Cathedral (Tympanum and Stained Glass)

Answer 2

• Arch and Tympanum
   - jamb statues
   - unnaturalistic statues
   - tympanum (christ with evangelists)
   - virgin Mary at the right
• Stained Glass Window
   - rose windows center, round front
   - original windows
   - Mary is queenly and maternal

Question 3

Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France, Scenes from the Apocalypse

Answer 3

• Gothic Europe
• ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum
• moral lessons
• very expensive
• owned by King Louis IX (private)
• story told in round circles, inspired by stained glass windows

Question 4

Röttgen Pietà

Answer 4

• Late Medieval Europe
• painted wood
• Röttgen was a former owner
• Pietá - art showing Mary holding dead Christ
• Jesus is very thin (suffering)
• disportion - parallel to being in Mary
• pain on Mary’s face
• human situation (relatable)
• encourages devotion

Question 5

Chartres Cathedral (Architecture)

Answer 5

• limestone, stained glass
• taller than Romanesque, more windows
• pointed archs
• groin vault
• flying buttress support
• lots of gaps, vertical (“unsolid”)
• high ceiling
• uneven towers
• basilica plan, intersecting transcept