Chapters 13 & 14

Italo-Byzantine

- Figures of Christs and saints moved into other worldly realms (no references to the earth) - Become more humanized

International Style

- a style of the 14th and 15th century painting begun by Simone Martini, who adapted the French Gothic manner to Sienese art fused with influences from Northern Europe. -appealed to the aristocracy because of its brilliant color, lavish costumes, intricate ornamentation, and themes involving splendid processions of knights and ladies

ars de geometria

-Both natural forms and buildings are based on geometric shapes -Created by de Honnecourt -Everything is composed of abstract geometric forms -Helped stained glass artists blow images up

maniera greca

-Italian, "Greek manner" -Italo-Byzantine painting style of the 13th century -Ex. Madonna enthroned with angels and prophets

Tracery

-Ornamental stonework for holding stained glass in place, characteristic of Gothic cathedrals -plate tracery: the glass fills only the "punched holes" in the heavy ornamental stonework -bar tracery: the stained-glass windows fill almost the entire opening, and the stonework is unobtrusive

"Court Style"

-San Chapelle commissioned by King Louie 9th, 12 C. - Related aesthetic, emphasis on the decorative. - When court style goes beyond france, it becomes the international style

Breviary

-a Christian religious book of selected daily prayers and Psalms

trefoil

-a cover-like ornament or symbol with stylized leaves in groups of 3

Flamboyant

-a late French Gothic style of architecture superseding the Rayonnant style named for the flamelike appearance of its pointed bar tracery

altarpiece

-a panel, painted or sculpted, situated above and behind an altar

pulpit

-a raised platform in a church or mosque on which a priest or imam stands while leading the religious service

quatrefoil

-a shape or plan in which the parts assume the form of a cloverleaf

triptych

-a three paneled painting, ivory plaque, or altarpiece. Also, a small, portable shrine with hinged wings used for private devotion

mullion

-a vertical member that divides a window or that separates one window from another

polyptych

-an alter piece composed of more than three sections

pinnacles

-in Gothic churches, a sharply pointed ornament capping the piers or flying buttresses; also used on church facades

Rayonnant

-the "radiant" style of Gothic architecture, dominant in the second half of the 13th century and associated with the french Royal court of Louis IX at paris - Architectural term

predella

-the narrow ledge on which an altarpiece rests on an altar

punchwork

-tooled decorative work in gold leaf

Louis IX (St. Louis)

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S-Curve

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