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Italy in the Era of Gothic Florescence. LATE GOTHIC. Fragmentation varied and almost autonomous regional styles anti-French sentiment (started in the late 13 th cen.) Decline in the universal church Laicization secular outlook of prelates growth of towns grew
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LATE GOTHIC Fragmentation varied and almost autonomous regional styles anti-French sentiment (started in the late 13th cen.) Decline in the universal church Laicization secular outlook of prelates growth of towns grew Indebtedness to lesser building types Late phases of art in general new solutions turned into established formulas developed further by refining and elaborating Milan Cathedral, choir 1386 Milan, Italy
Italy in post-Carolingian invasions of Europe Italy in ca. 1000
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Italy in Trachtenberg’s thesis historical consciousness paradigm The Romanesque churches of Rome ➞ so faithful to Early Christian models immaculately historicist – Romanesque in terms of date only Romanesque S. Giorgio in Velabro Rome, 12th century Early Christian St. Peter’s
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Italy in Trachtenberg’s thesis historical consciousness paradigm Strong legacy of the early Christian basilica Early Christian basilica Early Christian Santa Sabina, Rome
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Italy in relation to Europe at the height of the Romanesque period
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Reception of northern European Romanesque: Normans Italian Romanesque in Rome: S. Giorgio in Velabro, 12th century Norman Romanesque in Italy: Trani Cathedral, Trani (Apulia), Italy, 1089-1200s
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Reception of northern European Romanesque: Normans Italian Romanesque in Tuscany: Pisa Cathedral Norman Romanesque Trani Cathedral
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Reception of northern European Romanesque: Germany Romanesque in Northern Italy Holy Roman Empire-Northern Italy (Lombardy)-Rome – Rome-Northern Italy (Lombardy)-Holy Roman Empire Rhine Valley Germany Northern Italy Speyer, Germany Lombardy, Italy Rome, Italy
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Reception of northern European Romanesque: Germany S. Ambrogio in Milan with quadripartite rib vaults on double-bay system, complete by 1117
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Other historicizing influences in Italy: Constantinople Périgueux, France Venice, Italy Constantinople St.-Front, Périgueux, France, 1120 St. Mark’s, Venice, Italy, b. 1063
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Other historicizing influences in Italy: Constantinople Venice, Italy Constantinople Stilo, Italy The Katholicon (Byzantine monastic church) Stilo (Calabria), Italy , b. 982 St. Mark’s, Venice, Italy, b. 1063
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Southern Italy as Magna Graecia (Greater Greece) Normans arrive in Southern Italy in 999 establish dukedoms by 1095
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Norman kings in Sicily vs. Capetian royal house of France Cappella Palatina (Palatine Chapel) Palermo (Sicily), Italy, ca. 1131-1145 Ste-Chapelle (Palatine Chapel) Paris, 1241-48
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Cappella Palatina (Palatine Chapel) Palermo (Sicily), Italy, ca. 1131-1145 Ste-Chapelle, Paris, 1241-48
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Cappella Palatina, Palermo
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Cappella Palatina, Palermo nave
I. Italy’s Diverse Romanesque experiments Cappella Palatina, Palermo muqarnas ornament on nave ceiling
II. Italy (in contrast to France) as fertile ground for the Gothic style (opus francigenum) Italy at the dawn of the High Gothic period
II. Italy (in contrast to France) as fertile ground for the Gothic style (opus francigenum) 4 points of contrast Reims Cathedral, France, 1211-90 Siena Cathedral, nave and transepts 1220-60 clerestory and vault rebuilt from 1369
III. Italy’s lessons in Gothic from Cistercian monasteries Network of Cistercian monasteries
III. Italy’s lessons in Gothic from Cistercian monasteries Siena Cathedral – Italy’s only early 13th cen. Gothic great church San Galgano, Cisterican abbey, b. 1218 Siena Cathedral, 1220-60
III. Italy’s lessons in Gothic from Cistercian monasteries Siena Cathedral San Galgano, Cisterican abbey
III. Italy’s lessons in Gothic from Cistercian monasteries Gothic Siena Cathedral Romanesque Pisa Cathedral
IV. Italy’s own mendicant order Gothic Franciscan monastery in Florence, Italy: Santa Croce, 1294-1492
IV. Italy’s own mendicant order Gothic Santa Maria Novella, Florence
IV. Italy’s own mendicant order Gothic Santa Maria Novella, Florence
V. Northern European Gothic in Italy: Milan Cathedral, b. 1386 Milan Cathedral, Milan, Italy, b. 1386
V. Northern European Gothic in Italy: Milan Cathedral Milan Cathedral
V. Northern European Gothic in Italy: Milan Cathedral Milan Cathedral
V. Northern European Gothic in Italy: Milan Cathedral Milan Cathedral
V. Northern European Gothic in Italy: Milan Cathedral Milan Cathedral