Gothic Flashcards
“Barbarous nations erected buildings in a style which we call Gothic.” - Giorgio Vasari
Gothic Period
“French Work” which is an indication of its origins.
Opus Fragencium
Elegant, highly decorated art characterized by the use of sumptuous, colorful materials.
Gothic Art
Originated in Ile-de-France in Pursuit of Light in Gothic Churches.
Gothic Architecture Origin
He became interested in the mathematical harmony that exists between parts of the building and the miraculous and mystical effect of light. Deep correlation of God and Light.
Abbot Suger
High Relief Carving features idealized faces, contrapposto, natural draperies, and anatomical correctness.
High Relief Carving
A painting technique in which pigments are combined with egg.
Tempera Technique
A painter from Florence who created ‘Madonna Enthroned’ using shallow perspective and no sense of foreground.
Cimabue
A student of Cimabue, known as the Grandfather of Renaissance Art. Painted ‘Lamentation’ and ‘St. Francis Preaching to the Birds.’
Giotto di Bondone
Intricate ornamental stone open work.
Tracery
A circular window with tracery mullions radiating from a central point, symbolic of Mary.
Rose Window
An exterior structure composed of thin half arches or flyers, supporting a wall at the point where the thrust of an interior arch is greatest.
Flying Buttress
Colored glass made by mixing metallic oxides onto the surface of clear glass, cut into shapes.
Stained Glass
One of the most impressive examples of stained glass windows, located in France.
Cathedral of Chartres
A type of vault that requires less buttressing.
Ribbed Groin Vaults
A four-part ribbed groin vault system that grants better weight distribution.
Quadri-partite Vaulting
An English Gothic vaulting characteristic that resembles the spokes of an inverted umbrella.
Fan Vaulting
Grotesquely carved figures placed on roofs to scare evil spirits away.
Gargoyles
A column-like support for arches in a Gothic church.
Pier
Ornamental projections covering the intersection of the ribs.
Bosses
Projecting carved ornaments in a bud or leaf shape used on the sides of pinnacles and spires.
Crockets
Brackets set into the wall to carry a beam.
Corbels
A tall tower with a roof tapering upward to a point.
Spire
A gallery or range of arches above the longitudinal arch bounding the nave or choir in a church.
Triforium
Three great portals with recessed doorways, rose windows and lancet windows, and towers with spires.
Three Divisions of the Church Façade
Lancet windows and plate tracery, seen in Wells Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, and Salisbury Cathedral.
Early English Lancet Style
Almost bare surfaces, characteristic of Notre Dame de Paris.
Early French Style
Rich tracery, elaborate ornamental vaulting, and refinement of stone cutting techniques, seen in Exeter Cathedral and Ely Cathedral.
Decorated Style
Circular windows and the use of gold and blue.
Rayonnant Style
Perpendicular tracery, fine intricate stonework, and elaborate fan vault, seen in King’s College Chapel.
Perpendicular or Rectilinear Style
Flame-like tracery, characteristic of Chartres Cathedral, France.
Flamboyant Style
