AAT-Chp. 11- Gothic
13th and 14th centuries.
Reading
- Art Through the Ages: Chapter 11: Gothic Art
After reading Chapter 11, you should be able to:
- Describe the origins of the Gothic style in France and the role played by Abbot Suger.
- Identify the works and define the terms in the chapter.
- Describe the basic elements of Gothic architecture.
- Describe the technique of making stained-glass windows.
- Explain the economic advantages to a town of building a cathedral.
- Discuss Augustine's metaphor of the Church as the City of God.
- Describe the interior and exterior architecture of Chartres.
- Draw and label the plan of Chartres.
- Describe the iconography of the royal portals at Chartres.
- Describe the evolution of architectural and sculptural style in the Gothic period.
- Compare Gothic and Romanesque sculpture.
- Describe what is meant by Scholasticism and its relationship to art and architecture.
- Compare and contrast English Gothic with French Gothic.
- Describe the spread of Gothic style.
- Identify the works and define the terms in the Window.
- Discuss Buddhist Paradise Sects.
- Describe the structure and meaning of the pagoda.
- Describe the Horyu-ji monastery complex at Nara.
- Explain the basic tenets of Hinduism.
- Describe the Hindu temple, how it was built, and the division of labor.
- Explain the rituals performed by priests in the garbha griha.
- Describe Vishnu's role in the creation of the universe.
- Write an essay on the synthesis of Buddhism and Hinduism at Angkor.
Gothic
1147–13th/14th centuries
- Abbot Suger, Book of Suger; age of cathedrals
- Pointed arches; rib vaults; stained glass; flying buttresses
- French cathedrals: Chartres; Amiens; Reims
- Guilds; Magna Carta (1215); Scholasticism
- Sainte-Chapelle; Canterbury; Thomas à Becket
- Chaucer, Canterbury Tales; Salisbury Cathedral
- Spread of Gothic in Europe
- 19th-century Neo-Gothic
- Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York
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Choir of Beauvais Cathedral, begun 1272. Beauvais Cathedral's linear design and pointed arches are characteristic of Gothic architecture. |
Glossary
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