Gothic Flashcards
What is the theme of gothic
Height and light
What time did the gothic time period take place?
1200 CE
Who invented gothic style?
Abbot Suger
What was the goal of gothic style
Make churches resemble heaven
How would gothic churches resemble heaven?
- Replace walls with stain glass
- Increase height of nave
- Decorate interior with gold and jewels
- Open floor plan
Characteristics of gothic architecture.
- Flying buttresses
- Ribbed Vaults
- Pointed Arches
- Stained glass walls
Notre Dame de le Belle Verriere
Location: Chartes Cathedral
Symbolism: 1. Mary as queen as heaven (wearing crown)
2. Light streaming through symbolizes the divine
3. Theotokes
Rottgen Pieta
Location : Germany
Material : wood
Context: war plague, famine
Function: 1. asks the viewer to compare their suffering to that of Christ and Mary
2. Create emotional response in viewers
What is Florence in gothic?
It is considered the new Athens
Why is giotto important?
He brought back gravity, emotion to art, last seen in Greek era
Arena Chapel
Artist : giotto
Location : arena chapel, France
Medium : wet fresco
Patron : Enrico Scrovergni
Context: enhirited wealth from his father, who was infamous for being a loan shark, he did these drawing to clear his name
Subject : life of mary
The lamentation
Artist : giotto
Function : humanizes the Bible
Creates emotion by giving ever character a different reaction
Characters: Mary, mary magdelene, Saint John, and angels
Chartes Cathedral
Function : cathedral dedicated to Virgin Mary
Interior: stained glass window a that represented enter Christian history
Material : stone
Blanche of Castile and Louis IX
Material : Vellum
Function: 1. A children’s illustrated bible
2. Instruct blanche’s son (the king) in how to make the right decisions
3. Connect biblical themes to present day
Patron: French royalty
Golden Haggadah
Culture: Jewish
Function : exodus: the story of Moses loading his people out of Egypt
Location : read in home during the pass over seder
