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Gothic Art
A survey of Gothic art
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
05/05/2010

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Title: Royal Portal, Chartres Cathedral

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Date: 12 century

Medium: architecture

Period: Gothic

Historical Significance: Tympana portray the life a majesty of Christ, while the jambs show kings, queens and personifications of medieval learning, which was seen as the way to faith

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Title: Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory, jamb statues, Porch of the Confessors, Chartres Cathedral

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Date: 13th century

Medium: architecture

Period: Gothic

Historical Significance: compare/contrast to Royal Portal figures from a century earlier, make connection between greek move from classical to archaic

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Title: God as Architect of the World

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Date: 13th century

Medium: ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum

Period: Gothic

Historical Significance: shows God using the same architecture tools as the Gothic builders to create the world; nod to Paris as intellectual capital of Europe

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Title: Christ (Beau Dieu), trumeau statue, Amiens Cathedral

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Date: 13th century

Medium: trumeau statue

Period: Gothic

Historical Significance: Christ blessing all who enter, trampling a lion and dragon, which symbolize evil.

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Title: Visitation, jamb statues, Reims Cathedral

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Date: 13th century

Medium: statue

Period: Gothic

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Title: Virgin with the dead Christ, from the Rhineland

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Date: 14th century

Medium: painted wood

Period: Gothic

Historical Significance: the widespread trouble of the 14th century--disease, war, famine--brought a new consciousness of suffering, as evidenced in 14th century art like this. INterest in showing emotion

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