Church portal

ca. 1050-70

Norway. Viking

St. Etienne

1050-1057

France. Romanesque

Saint Sernin

ca. 1070-1120

France. Romanesque

Saint Sernin

ca. 1070-1120

France. Romanesque

Abbey Church

ca. 1100 (Benedictine)

France. Romanesque

third Abbey Church

1088-1130

Cluny, France. Romanesque

third Abbey Church

1088-1130

Cluny, France. Romanesque

Dedication Ceremony

third Abbey Church

1088-1130

Cluny, France. Romanesque

Abbey Church (of Notre Dame)

1139-1147 (Cistercian)

Fontenay, France. Romanesque

Abbey Church (of Notre Dame)

1139-1147. (Cister. monks)

Fontenary, France. Romanesque

Cistercian: used square apse

Christ in Majesty

(Bernardus Gelduinus)

ca. 1096

Saint Sernin Cathedral

France. Romanesque

Christ in Majesty

Mid 12th cent.

Spain. Romanesque

Mural painting in apse

Abbot Durandus (pier)

ca. 1100-1115

France. Romanesque

relief cloister

cloister: rectangular, covered walking space

The Prophet

ca. 1115-1130

Moissac, France. Romanesque

South Portal trumeau

The Prophet

ca. 1115-1130

Moissac, France. Romanesque

South portal trumeau

trumeau: column supporting a tympanum of a doorway

South Portal

ca. 1115-1135

Moissac, France. Romanesque

trumeau: column supporting a tympanum of a doorway at its center

Cloister 

ca. 1100-1115

Moissac, France. Romanesque

Cloister: rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks

South Portal

ca. 1115-1135

Moissac, France. Romanesque

Initial 'R' with Knight and Servant fighting Dragons

ca. 1115-1125

France. Romanesque

(from a Moralia in Job)

ink and tempera on vellum

The Second Coming of Christ

ca. 1115-1130

Moissac, France. Romanesque

Tympanum, South portal

tympanum: architecture within an arch

Last Judgement

ca. 1120-1135

Autun, France. Romanesque

Gislebertus (sculptor)

tympanum

Last Judgement

ca. 1120-1135

Autun, France. Romanesque

tympanum

Speyer Cathedral

ca. 1082-1105

Germany. Romanesque

(begun 1030, vaults 1082)

Transverse arch, groin vault

Speyer Cathedral

1082-1105

Germany. Romanesque

transverse arch, groin vault

Sant'Ambrogio

late 11th cent.

Milan, Italy. Romanesque

transverse arch, ribbed groin vault

Baptismal font

1118

Belgium. Romanesque

(Rainer of Huy)

bronze, main basin

St. Peter Baptizing the Centurion Cornelius

Baptismal font

1118

Belgium. Romanesque

Pisa Cathedral

1063

Pisa, Italy. Romanesque

Pisa Cathedral

1063

Pisa, Italy. Romanesque

Pisa Cathedral

1063

Pisa, Italy. Romanesque

San Miniato al Monte

ca. 1062-1090

Florence, Italy. Romanesque

Creation and Temptation of Adam & Eve

ca. 1110

Modena, Italy. Romanesque

Temptation of Adam & Eve

ca. 1110

Modena, Italy. Romanesque

Durham Cathedral

ca. 1093 (vault 1115)

Durham, England. Romanesque

(Anglo-Norman)

Saint Etienne

nave 1067 vault 1115

France. Romanesque

(Anglo-Norman)

Bayeux Tapestry

ca. 1070-1080

England. Romanesque

(Anglo-Norman)

The Bury Bible

ca. 1135

England. Romanesque

(Anglo-Norman)

(Master Hugo artist)

Eadwine the Scribe

ca. 1160-1170

England. Romanesque

(Anglo-Norman)

Saint Denis

ca. 1140-1144

France. Early Gothic

ambulatory & radiating chapels

(Abbot Suger)

radiating chapel of Saint Denis

ca. 1140-1144

France. Early Gothic

(Abbot Suger)

Saint Denis

1140

France. Early Gothic

lux nova: new light

St. Etienne

1067

France. Romanesque

(Anglo-Norman)

Chartres Cathedral

ca. 1145-55

France. Gothic

Royal Portal of Chartres

ca. 1145-55

France. Gothic

Chartres Cathedral

1194-1220

France. Gothic

Laon Cathedral

ca. 1190

France. Early Gothic

Chartres Cathedral

1145-1155 west, 1194-1220 to east

France. Gothic

Rose window & lancets

ca. 1220

Chartres Cathedral

France. Gothic

Lancets

Chartres Cathedral

ca. 1220

France. Gothic

Reims Cathedral

ca. 1225-1290

France. Gothic

West Facade

tracery: complex stonework that supports glass

Reims Cathedral

ca. 1225-1290

France. Gothic

Sainte Chapelle

1243-1248

Paris, France. Rayonnant Gothic

Rayonnant Gothic: shift from high gothic (great scale and spatial rationalism like Chartres or nave of Amiens)

 to greater concern for 2-d images and repititous decorative motifs.

Size scale between Amiens and Chartres

Amiens: 1220 France

Chartres: 1194 France

Amiens Cathedral

1220-1270

France. Gothic

Amiens Cathedral

1220-1270

France. Gothic

Cologne Cathedral

1248-1322

Cologne, Germany. Gothic

Saint Elizabeth

1235-1283

Marburg, Germany. Gothic

Hall church

Salisbury Cathedral

1220-1258

England. Gothic

Gloucester Cathedral

1332-1357

England. "Perpendicular" Gothic

Perpendicular: 3rd division of English Gothic archit. emphasis on vertical lines.

Gloucester gives impression of a cage of stone and glass

Gloucester Cathedral

1332-1357

England. Perp. Gothic

first fan vault

Villard d'Honnecourt

ca. 1220-1235

France. Gothic

Reality consists of beliefs, figures have underlying shapes.

Shrine of the Three Kings

ca. 1190

Cologne, Germany. Early Gothic

Model of Basilica and coffin, lust for precious material

Old Testament Kings and Queen

"Royal" Portal, ca. 1145-1155

Chartres Cathedral, France. Early Gothic

Iconographic with figures, royalty was theme of building, no flat space, figures diferent heights, some sense of pattern (vertical lines, romanesque)

Sacrificing of Abraham

Klosterneuburg Altar, 1181

Austria (HRE). Early Gothic

Action of figures is viseral, pose of Isaac and language of Abraham, colored enamel shows light and shadow, some interlace

Saint Martin, Jerome, Gregory

ca. 1220-1230

Chartres Cathedral, France. Gothic

Lined up with colonettes, hand gestures, both coherence and variety, tubular bodies, narrow heads

Saint Theodore

ca. 1230

Chartres Cathedral, France. Gothic

Has inner body mechanics, credible, dressed as soldier, beautiful, geometry and form are generalized

The Visitation

Reims Cathedral ca. 1230

France. Gothic

some aspects of contrapposto, interact with each other, inner structure inorganic

Death of the Virgin

Strasbourg Cathedral, ca. 1230

France. Gothic

12 apostles gathered, Jesus holding her soul, men's faces are triangular, body structure and shapes are like "Sacrifice of Abraham"

Equestrian Portrait

ca. 1235-1240

Bamberg Cathedral, Germany. Gothic

Imperial with crown, mounted against pier, proportions are correct, details are credible, inner structure very thin, triangular face, stringy hair

Ekkehard & Uta

ca. 1249-1255

Naumburg Cathedral, Germany. Gothic

Jamb-like figures represent ancestors, human looking not life-size, barely attached to colonettes, arm pose same as Saints Martin, Jerome, Gregory, Uta had triangular face and her R hand isn't fully formed, pure simplified geometry

The Annunciation

ca. 1245

Reims Cathedral, France. Gothic 

Not made together, pure beautiful form but more colonette-like than Ekkehard and Theodore, Angel has hip sway and makes more sense at right angle

Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, monk & scribe

1226-1234

Paris, France. Gothic

triangular face, R hand is foreshortened, combined top and bottom because of the analogy, working mind and executive taking orders, related figures, rich colors

Abraham & Three Angels

1253-1270

Paris, France. Gothic

made for Lois IX, Abrahm has no son, 85 yr women smiling, Angels are sweeping S-curve, gradation of light and shadow, ideal beauty long form like the Anunciation Angel

David Anointed, David & Goliath

1296

Paris, France. Gothic

David kneeling, Samuel anounting with oil, French royal emblem in background, modulation of light and shadow

Virgin with Dead Christ

ca. 1300-1325

Germany, (HRE). Gothic

Tradition of pushing material to the extreme, separated from a background, spewing blood and gore, emotionally brought out

Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux

1339, Saint Denis, France. Gothic

S-shape, long stretched, long neck, Jesus patting cheek, emotionality