Gothic Stone Carving Flashcards
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Background
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1 plans 2 humanism 3 salvation 4 teaching and inspiring 5 Mary and saints popular themes 6 still dependant on architecture 7 flanked sides of portals, tympanums, capitals, Column statues
2
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12th century
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Kings and queens Individualised Delicately carved drapery folds Flowing sleeves and girdles Expressionless Devout, solemn, still Heavenly as a pose to earthly Linear, elongated stylised Not freestanding Vertical, rhythmic patterns Scallop chevrons braiding Higher in relief Anatomically more correct
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13th century
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More anatomically and proportionally correct
Defined gestures and features
Higher in relief
More naturalism
Figures start to relate to each other
Woman are shown huge respect
Less lines in drapery
Many carry symbols
Less graphic and grotesque representations of bible scenes
Figures begin to be inspired by Greek and roman sculpture
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Naumburg
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Cathedral of st.peter and st.paul Represents Uta and Ekehard Painted life like Attention to detail Individual figures Beautiful depiction of hands Far from terrifying vision of romanesque
