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Gothic Spaces, Gothic Voices

Gothic Spaces, Gothic Voices. Canterbury Cathedral. Rib Vaults at Canterbury. Bosses. Cantor (p. 171) Cathedrals are “multimedia exhibitions” that were to demonstrate “the incomparable grandeur of church manifestations of Christian faith. Gothic Spaces A. Vertical B. Illumination

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Gothic Spaces, Gothic Voices

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  1. Gothic Spaces, Gothic Voices

  2. Canterbury Cathedral

  3. Rib Vaults at Canterbury Bosses

  4. Cantor (p. 171) Cathedrals are “multimedia exhibitions” that were to demonstrate “the incomparable grandeur of church manifestations of Christian faith.

  5. Gothic Spaces • A. Vertical • B. Illumination • 1. Glass, light and color • 2. Illumination of the word • 3. Comparable to text illumination

  6. Chartres Cathedral Late 1100s

  7. The Sainte-Chapelle Paris, 1242-48

  8. Abbey of St. Denis 1144

  9. Notre Dame, Paris (c. 1180-1250)

  10. Windmill Psalter (London 1270) “Beatus Vir”

  11. Lindisfarne Gospels Irish 9th century

  12. II. Gothic Voices A. Soundscape 1. Gregorian Chant a. Kyrie b. Hildegard’s “Clarissima” 2. Organum of Perotinus B. Illumination 1. Polyphony, harmony and color 2. Illumination of the word

  13. Hildegard of Bingen, O Clarissima Mater (c. 1150) Radient mother of sacred things! you poured salve on the sobbing wounds that Eve sculpted to torment our souls. For your salve is your son and you wrecked death forever, sculpuring life. Pray for us to you child, Mary, star of the sea . . .

  14. Notre Dame, Paris (c. 1180-1250)

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