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Welcome 2/2/2011. Do Now: Describe the technique used on the Bayeux Tapestry. Objective – SWBAT: Identify and analyze the different aspects of Gothic Art. . Office Hours. Tuesday and Thursday – 3:00 – 4:00 from now until May 3 rd .
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Welcome 2/2/2011 • Do Now: • Describe the technique used on the Bayeux Tapestry. • Objective – SWBAT: • Identify and analyze the different aspects of Gothic Art.
Office Hours • Tuesday and Thursday – 3:00 – 4:00 from now until May 3rd. • More dates may be added, but this the initial times for now. • We will cover any images you want to review, plus information that we skip. • Art Auction Project Information - Monday
Background Information • Giorgio Vasari – 1550 (Renaissance) • Said that Gothic Art was monstrous and barbarous • The humanist of the Italian Renaissance consider Gothic art the downfall of Rome • Ugly and crude • Gothic was an outgrowth of Romanesque Art; however lots of problems • 100 Year War (France and England) • Black Death (Plague) • Crusades • Great Schism • Clergy and people welcomed the new type of architectural style
Chartres Cathedral France 1145-1155 Western Façade All that remained after the fire in 1194
Chartres Cathedral Interior Aerial View
Chartres Cathedral Royal Portal of Western Façade Tympana depict from left to right Christ’s ascension, the second coming, and Jesus in the lap of Mary
C.C. Rose Window and Lancets North Transept 1220 Stained glass window Allowed for natural sunlight 43’ in diameter “Lux Nova”
Notre Dame Paris Begun in 1163 Nave and Flying Buttresses 1180-1200 Remodeled after 1225
Notre Dame Side View
Homework Define the following words • Gothic Rib Vault • Pinnacle • Flying Buttresses • Vaulting Web • Diagonal Rib • Transverse Rib
Welcome 2/7/11 • Do Now: • Identify the subject details of the following image.
Announcements • Art Auction Project Information – Today • Office Hours – Tuesday and Thursday from now until May 3rd. • Additional times may be added if needed. • If the afternoon is not convenient we can schedule to meet at a different time. • lmengel@philasd.org
Notre Dame Virgin of Paris Early 14th Century Mary has an “S” curve, typical of late Gothic sculpture Further humanization in Gothic sculpture Mary wears a crown, looks more like a Queen than the mother of Jesus.
Reims Cathedral What components are present that you are able to tell it is a Gothic cathedral?
Reims Cathedral Western Façade Rose Window Three Portal Entryway with Tympana Kings’ Gallery sits above Rose Window
Reims Cathedral Kings’ Gallery All of the Kings of France More ornate frames Stretched out every detail
Reims Cathedral Over Western Façade Tympanum High Gothic Element – Mary is central theme. Mary Crowned Queen of Heaven
Reims Cathedral Doorway of Reims Cathedral Probably completed by three different sculptors Shows the annuciation and visitation
Reims Cathedral 1225-1290 Where coronation of King’s of France occurred
Figures Based on Geometric Shapes Villard de Honnecourt – 18 folio from his sketchbook. Master mason Book contains building plans, plans of choirs, with radiating chapels, church towers, lifting devices, and other architectural designs Ink on vellum 1220-1235
God As Architect of the World 1220-1230 Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum From the Moralized Bibles Triangle and Circle Triangle – Trinity Circle – No beginning or end.
Welcome 2/8/11 • Do Now: • What is significant about the different geometric shapes in Gothic Art? • Objective: SWBAT- • Identify and analyze different artwork from Gothic Art and Architecture.
Announcements • Project – Art Auction – Any questions/clarifications? • Office Hours – Tuesday and Thursday after school from 3-4. • Homework – Define the following words: • Springing • Clerestory • Oculus • Lancet • Triforium • Nave arcade • Compound pier with shafts/cluster pier • Louis IX
Belleville Breviary Jean Pucelle David Before Saul, folio 24 Paris, France Ink and tempera on vellum Fully modeled figures in architectural setting reveal his study of contemporary painting in Italy. He was close observer of plants and flowers
Virgin Jeanne d’ Evereux From Abbey Church of St. Denis France 1339 Silver gilt and enamel 2’ 3 ½ “ high
Dedication page of moralized Bible Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, and two monks Paris, France 1226-1234 Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum Under Louis IX, medieval France at its most prosperous
Gothic Architecture England and HRE
Salisbury Cathedral The Plan: Double transept and flat eastern end is identifiable as English Four-part rib vaults of the nave follow the Chartres model Double Transept Crossing Tower East End
Salisbury Cathedral Aerial View 1220-1258 Western façade completed 1265 Uses flying buttresses sparingly
Salisbury Cathedral Differs from French Gothic design with strong emphasis on its three story elevation Looking East. Use dark Purbeck marble for moldings.
Welcome 2/8/11 • Describe the subject, style, and significance of the following image.
Announcements • Refresher on the Project… • http://ezinearticles.com/?Live-Auction-Faux-Pas---What-You-Should-Avoid-in-Planning-Your-Next-Event&id=4558502 • Basically explains the perfect way to run a successful auction. • Remember office hours Tuesday and Thursday 3-4 in 242.
Tomb of Edward II Gloucester Cathedral in England 1330-1335 Resembles and miniature perpendicular English Gothic Chapel with its gables, ogee arches, and pinnacles Shrine-like form suggests the deceased is worth of veneration/being remembered
HRE Holy Roman Empire
Cologne Cathedral Gerhard of Cologne Cologne, Germany Started in 1248 Nave, façade, and towers completed in 1880 19th century portions follow original Gothic plans
Cologne Cathedral Survived the air raids of WWII in 1944
Cologne Cathedral Interior Choir completed in 1322 The nave is 422 feet long The 150 foot high choir represents the Gothics architect need for height.
Virgin with the Dead Christ Rhineland, Germany Painted wood 1300-1325 2’10 ½ “ high Virgin grieving over the dead Christ reflects the widespread trouble of the 14th century German interest in emotional imagery
Shrine of Three Kings Nicholas of Verdun From Cologne Cathedral in Germany 1190 Silver, Bronze, Enamel, and gemstones 6 feet tall
Shrine of the Three Kings/Maji Commissioned by Cologne’s archbishop Used to house relics of the Three Maji Gave the right for Cologne’s archbishops to crown Kings of Germany
Shrine of the Three Kings Based off Klosterneuburg Alter Also completed by Nicholas of Verdun
Klosterneuburg Alter Last Supper From Alter by Vernun Austria 1181 Gilded copper and enamel
Wrap-Up • What are some key elements of the Gothic Cathedrals? • How can you tell a Gothic Cathedral from another religious structure? • Could you compare the components of a mosque with the components of a Gothic cathedral? If so why?
Welcome 2/9/11 • Do Now: • How do Romanesque churches differ from Gothic Cathedrals? • Objective: SWBAT • Identify and analyze Gothic images. • Practice writing for the AP exam.
Quick Game of Malarkey • Gothic Cathedral Vocabulary