Gothic (1226-1325 CE)

Question 1

Bible Moralisee of King Louis IX IDs

Answer 1

Gothic
1226-1234 CE
Gold leaf on vellum

Question 2

Chartres Cathedral IDs

Answer 2

Chartres, France
1145-1194 CE
Gothic
Limestone and stained glass

Question 3

Rottgen Pieta IDs

Answer 3

Germany
Gothic
1300-1325 CE
Painted wood

Question 4

Arena Chapel IDs

Answer 4

Giotto
Italy
Gothic
1303-1305 CE
Brick and fresco

Question 5

Golden Haggadah IDs

Answer 5

Barcelona, Spain
Gothic
Early 14th century
Gold leaf

Question 6

Alhambra IDs

Answer 6

Nasrid dynasty
Granada, Spain
1354-1391 CE
Gothic
Adobe, stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding

Question 7

Chartres cathedral

Answer 7

Stone vault ceiling
Roman basilica plan
Rib vaults (allows for greater height than a round arch, rests on smaller piers, not much buttressing)
1st towers are Romanesque
Kings Gallery (Old Testament figures)
Rose window (typical gothic, Stone separates glass)
3 large portals, covered with sculptures (Christ before physical form, Gabriel announcing that Mary will birth Christ, Mary getting a visit from Elizabeth, Mary after birthing Jesus, etc.)
Lintel, angled inward (invites into the church)
Jambs (12 apostles, represents the Old Testament prophets and royalty, elongated, divine, isolated)
Auxiliary aisles (pilgrims could move around the mass, not through it)
Mary’s tunic collegedly)
Gothic

Question 8

Bible Moralise of King Louis IX

Answer 8

Incorporates cultural beliefs into the religious scipt
Parisian- court style figures (delicate, graceful)
Instruction guide for royal family
King/saint Louis ix
Left page (leader before Louis instructing him as a mark would a scribe)
Right page (apocalypse, God’s victory against evil)
Gothic (swirly waffles)
Teaches Louis morality and religion,reinforces beliefs through cultural connection and visual interpretation

Question 9

Rottgen pieta

Answer 9

Extreme, intense, human suffering (in comparison to France, where they’re always divine)
Compares to Greek Hellenistic (like seated boxer)
Dramatic composure
Not idealized
Mary mourning Christ (emaciated, wounded, brutalized)

Question 10

Arena chapel

Answer 10

Lamentation allows you to join in the painting instead of making you feel separate
Shade/highlight creates depth
Barrel vault (blue with gold stars)
Biblical roundels
Bone fresco
Atones the sins of his father
Last judgement by exit
Lamentation (right after Christ’s body is removed from the cross)
Saints with iconography
Giotto (inherited money from his father who was a loan shark)

Question 11

Gold Haggadah

Answer 11

Not great attempt to create depth
Collective work of prayers for Jewish faith
Shows prep for Passover, plagues, Moses parting the red sea, dead children, etc.
Added illustrations as life goes on

Question 12

Alhambra

Answer 12

Shows power of Islamic empire
Uses existing elements from other cultures to create something that is unique
Residential citadel where court officials live
Connected by garden paths that could be blocked off in case of a threat
Palaces with large columns, windows, and geometric patterns
Continuous
“Paradise on Earth”
Lion motif (symbolizes victory)
Stalagmite-shaped domes (naturalistic)
Hall of Ambassadors
Elegant and inviting while still being strategic and functional
Court of the Lions (garden divided into four sections)

Question 13

Gothic Style

Answer 13

Rib vaulting (ceiling is divided into webs by the ribs)
Groin vaults
Flying buttresses (arches that extend out from the upper portion of external walls, helps push weight outwards)
Pointed arches (soaring height, supports heavier loads)
Stained-glass!!!!
Engages emotion (realistic, natural poses, full of feeling)
“S” shape in posing
Humanizing religious icons