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Art History Unit Test #2 - Part 4. Late Medieval Art. Medieval Era a.k.a. The “ dark ages ” or “ middle ages ”. Early Medieval Migratory Hiberno-Saxon Carolingian Ottonian. Gothic. Romanesque. The characteristics of Gothic architecture :.
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Art History Unit Test #2 - Part 4 Late Medieval Art
Medieval Era a.k.a. The “dark ages” or “middle ages” Early Medieval Migratory Hiberno-Saxon Carolingian Ottonian Gothic Romanesque
The characteristics of Gothic architecture : • Interior and exterior ornamentation becomes much more elaborate • and decorative • Interior space becomes taller and “lighter” . . . . . . more open • Clerestory fenestration (windows) become larger and lighter. • Extensive use of rib vaulting (look for variations). • Sculpture appears more realistic, 3D and much less stiff as time • progresses into the late Gothic. • Italian Gothic looks to Byzantium for influence.
And now…….a quick word about VAULTING: Clerestory windows Rib vaulting Gothic Romanesque
A. archivolts B. jamb figures C. tympanum D. pinnacles • rosetta (rose) • window F. buttresses G. tracery
Notre-Dame Paris, France c. 1163
Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France c. 1145
1220 1150
Late Gothic FlamboyantStyle a.k.a.Rayonnant Style flamma = flame (Latin) flambeau = torch (French) Rouen Cathedral Rouen, France c. 1124 - 1350
Orvieto Cathedral Orvieto, Italy c. 1280
Palazzo Vecchio Florence, Italy c. 1305
Secular Gothic in Venice Doges PalaceVenice, Italy c. 1350
niceorientalizing Ca’ da’Oro Venice, Italy c. 1440
Virgin of Paris Notre-Dame, Paris c. 1330
Italo-Byzantine Style Cimabue (Cenni di Pepo) c. 1225 – 1300 Madonna Enthroned c. 1280 The Uffizi Gallery Florence, Italy
Duccio Madonna Enthroned The Uffizi, Florence, Italy Siena, Italy c. 1290
Gentile de Fabriano Adoration Of the Magi The Uffizi, Florence c. 1423
The Limbourg Brothers (Les Tres Ricyhes Heures de Duc de Berry) The Book of Hours of the Duke of Berry c. 1413 January
Manuscript Illumination Roman Wall Painting Italo-Byzantine Style Giotto (fresco painting) International Style (panel painting) Northern Renaissance (panel /oil painting) Italian Renaissance (fresco painting)
Giotto Madonna Enthroned The Uffizi, Florence, Italy c. 1310
Scrovegni Chapel (The Arena Chapel) Padua, Italy c. 1305 - 06