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Transept Interior, Cathedral of St. James, Santiago de Compostela, 1115* - held the bodyof St.James,the apostle to the Iberian peninsula - designed to accommodate thecrowds of pilgrims and allow them to move easily from chapelto chapel in their desire to venerate relics - has two stories an arcade and a gallery |
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Cathedral Complex, Pisa, 1115
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Trumeau,South Portal, Saint-Pierre, Moissac, c. 1115
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Giselbertus, The Last Judgment, Saint-Lazare, Autun, c. 1120*
- Christ enclosed in a mandorlaheld by two svelteangels has returned at the end of time to judge the people -rare instance of a twelfth-centuryartists signature -serves as a warning of hell - thinner and taller than their counterparts at Moissac,stretched out and bent at sharp angles - creation of lively narrative scenes within the geometricconfines of capitals was an importantant romanesque innovation |
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Virgin and Child (Morgan Madonna),1170*
- statues of the Virgin and Child served as cult objects onthe altars of many churches during the twelfth century -made of wood to be lightweight -stands a few inches shy of a yard - mother and Child are frontal and regal as they often were depicted -mary represented the church and christ the lord |
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Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast, The Bayeux Embroidery,c. 1070
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Ambulatory and Apse Chapels, Saint-Denis, 1144
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Chartres Cathedral, WestFaçade, begun c. 1134
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Chartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, c. 1145
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Chartres Cathedral, Prophets and Ancestors of Christ,Royal Portal, c. 1145
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Chartres Cathedral, Nave,c. 1220*
-builders codified what were tobecome the typical Gothic structural devices:pointedarches and ribbed groin vaults rising from compound piers over rectangular bays,supported by exterior flying buttresses - flying buttress system permitted much larger clerestory windows - clerestory windows flanking the soaring vaults.Thelarge and luminous clerestory is formed by pairedlancets |
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Annunciation and Visitation, Reims, c. 1240*
-portrays the Visitation,in which Mary,pregnant with Jesus,visits her older cousin, Elizabeth, pregnant with St.John the Baptist - bulky bodies show the same solidity seen in Roman sculpture - the womens full faces,wavy hair,and heavy mantles recall imperial portrait statuary,even in their use of the two imperial facial ideals of unblemished youth and aged accomplishment - the archangel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear Jesus -not all done by the same artist |
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Upper Chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 1240*
- surrounded by walls composed almostentirely of stained glass -open to all -depicts narratives showing kings being crowned, leading soldiers into holy warfare, or performing royal duties |
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St.Maurice, Magdeburg Cathedral, c. 1240
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NicolaPISANO, Annunciation,Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepherds,Pulpit of Baptistery, Pisa, 1260
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