Chapter 18: Gothic Art

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Notre Dame

Cathedral in Paris, France that went for soaring heights, and was able to do this with a skeletal structure because of the flying buttresses for support.

Rib vaulting

vaulting with pieces running along intersections. Primoted the verticality and skeltalness

Lux nova

Abbot Suger saw the light coming through the sacred windows of Saint-denis, and he called the colored light, lux nova, "new light."

Rayonnet style

Radiant style; lots of light flowing in, quite beautiful

Pointed arch

an arch with a pointed apex

stained glass

an artistic arrangement of colored glass

Cult of the virgin

as mother of Christ Mary stood b/t Last Judge and horrors of Hell and could intercede for those faithful to her. Worshipers in the late 12th and 13th Centuries sang hymns to her, put her image everywhere, and dedicated catherdrals to her. Christian knights dedicated their lives to her

Rose windows

round stained glass windows, borrowed from the Roman oculus, let in more light= closer to God

Abbot Suger

served as regent of France, abbot of Saint-Denis and was responsible for its rebuilding. coined term "lux nova"

flying buttress

stone support on the outside of a building that allowed builders to construct higher walls and leave space for large stained-glass windows

lancets

tall, narrow windows ending in pointed arches in a gothic cathedral

kings gallery

the band of statues on the front facade of a Gothic Cathedral

Royal portal

the doors of the west facade at Chartres Cathedral, contains episodes from the life of Christ

pinnacle

(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower

Chartres Cathedral

A Cathedral located in Chartres, 50 miles southwest of Paris, and is considered one of the finest examples in all of France of the Gothic style of architecture.

perpendicular style

a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England

flamboyant style

a late Gothic style of architecture supersceding the Rayonnant style and named for the flamelike appearance of its pointed bar tracery

Triforium

a small shallow arcade located below the clerestory windows

tracery

ornamental stonework for holding stained glass in place

fan vaults

radiating ribs form a fanlike pattern in this structure


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