Gothic Art

Gothic Art

1. Bring sunshine into people's lives, and their churches.

2. The Goths held power in various regions of Europe.

3. “Gothic”: Applied to an architectural style

   • Giant steps away from the previous
   • Grew out of the Romanesque architectural style

4. 1000 to 1400

   • Significant cathedrals and churches were built
     • Britain and France

5. The most fundamental element

   • The pointed arch
     • Borrowed from Islamic architecture
       • Seen in Spain
     • Relieved some of the thrust, and therefore, the stress on other structural elements
       • It then became possible to reduce the size of the columns or piers that supported the arch.

6. The new understanding

   • Vaulting and ornamentation
     • The ornate stonework that held the windows–called tracery
       • More florid
       • More exuberant
     • The ribbed vaulting became more complicated and was crossed with lierne ribs
       • Called tierceron

7. Stained glass

   • Gothic stained glass
     • Pure, tenderness and delicacy
     • Cathedrals and churches
   • Renaissance stained glass
     • Colorful, light, and humorous.
     • Popular in homes
     • Large-scale stained glass
   • (1100s–1500s) More Popular

8. Four styles of English medieval architecture

   • Romanesque (in the nave)
   • Early English (in the presbytery)
   • Decorated (in the tower and Lady Chapel)
   • Perpendicular (in the eastern chantry chapels)

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