Gothic Art

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West front of the Abbey at Jumieges, Northern France, ca. 1050-67

First important stone complex in Normandy

Patron is Duke William of Normandy

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St. Michael slaying the dragon

Late 11th century

Jumieges Gospels

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Church of St. Etienne at Caen

Begun 1067

Caen was William's capital city and he was buried here

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Interior of the church of St. Etienne

Begun 1067

Ceiling vaulted ca 1120. Choir was added later in 12th and 13th centuries

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Bayeux Tapestry ca. 1070-1080

Edward the confessor dies

Normans do NOT skimp on details

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Bayeux Tapestry ca. 1070-1080

Harold is crowned king, usurping William's claim

Normans do NOT skimp on details

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Torre Pisano in Palermo, late 11th-12th century, in the fortified palace of the Norman Kings of Sicily.

The lower parts of the walls are typical of Norman fortifications, the upper parts show Islamic influence

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Cathedral at Palermo, begun in the 1130s

Later additions in 1180s

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Mosaics in the Cappella Palatina at Palermo, ca. 1150s, view into apse

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Christ crowning Roger II of Anjou, Norman King o Sicily, in the Domed Church at Paermo, ca. 1150.

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Apse of the Cathedral at Monreale, Sicily, ca. 1180-1190

Revetments follow Islamic taste; mosaics follow Byzantine taste

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Church of St. Sernin at Toulouse, ca. 1070-1140

The tower at the crossing can be seen for miles. Pilgrimage Road churches needed to attract pilgrimages.

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Interior if the Church of St. Sernin at Toulouse, ca. 1070-1140. Side aisles helped move pilgrims through the church

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The Christ enthroned with Four Evangelist Symbols, ca. 1100 from St. Sernin at Toulouse

Strikingly similar to Abbot Durandus from St. Pierre at Moissac because sculptors worked along all the connecting roads

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Christ enthroned with the four evangelist symbols and the four and twenty elders, ca. 1115-1130

Pilgrimage road sculpted portal from st. pierre at moissac

sculptures provided instructions to pilgrims as they waited

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The mission of the apostles, ca. 1120-1140

Narthex Tympanum at the Church of La Madeline at Vezelay

Christ sending out the Apostles to convert the whole world, with the signs of the zodiac and the labors of the months framing the central image and the peoples of the world on the lintel

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Last judgement portal by Giselbertus at Cathedral of St. Lazare at Autun, ca. 1120-1135

those saved on one side and those damned on the other

calendar motifs

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Rebuilding of the Church of San Clemente in Rome began ca. 1110 - 1130

New mosaics in apse were done by 1120. Traditional and new motifs appear. Colors and flowers - by 1120, you did not need to go to Holy Land to see Islamic influence.

Ceiling is 16th century.

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Facade of St Denis, 1137-1140

Rose window done ca. 1140-1145

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Annunciation panel from the Infancy of Christ window at St. Denis with Abbot Suger in supplication to the Virgin

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Sardonyx bowl

Ottonian, 11th century

Not Merovingian as Suger thought and probably a diplomatic gift

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altar frontal from st. denis ca. 1150

Details. Another master work.

twelve apostles

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Sculpted stone work from Cluny III, dating ca. 1125-50

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Cluny Lectionary ca 1125

Pentecost image resembles wall paintings at Berze-le-Ville. Same Byzantine style seen in mosaics in Sicily

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Virgin and her son

early 12th century

wood with polychrome

reliquary statue made south of Cluny

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Reliquary statue of Ste. Foy, 11th and 12th century

Mixed media

focus of a procession through the streets of town and was seen as a founder and patroness of whole community

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Manuscript from st. savin, ca. 1050

christ in majesty with four evangelist symbols and the four and twenty elders. each elder holds chalice and violin

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new west front of chartres, ca. 1145-75

initial construction includes everything except the rose window

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column figures of the kings and queens of judea on the west front of chartres cathedral, ca. 1145-75

ancestors of christ

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three pages of column figures from the facade of st. denis, montfaucon's etchings of the late 18th century

last merovingian kings

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left tympanum o n the west front at chartres

ascension of christ with the zodiac and labors of the months

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right tympanum on west front of chartres

infancy of christ with the throne of wisdom surrounded by seven liberal arts and angels

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tympanum of the center portal on the west front of chartres ca 1145-75

some of the figures in the archivault are angels

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tree of jesse window in the west front at chartres

christ's ancestors through the line of jesse and david

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12th century window at chartres

enthroned virgin and child

central portions survived fire of 1194

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rose window at chartres

last judgement

added ca 1200-1210 to the west front

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indulgence for the cistercian nunnery of herkenrode, ca. 1363

wax seals denote bishops who confirmed indulgence

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hieronymus bosch's hell panel from the garden of delights ca. 1500

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made at bruges for the hospital of our lady of the pottery in 1326

follow same format as examples depicted by durer and bosch ca 1500

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bruges indulgence for our lady at husterloo

february 20, 1474

purpose was to attract pilgrims to this shrine

miraculous sculpture of the virgin and child at husterloo is seen in initial letter

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st. dustan helping souls escape the pains of purgatory from a window in the corona chapel at canterbury, ca. 1180-1200

this rescue was called ransoming. all souls are depicted as human.

purgatory slowly developed from 1100

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eleanor of aquitaine (1122-1204) and henry II of england (1133-1189)

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box decorated with scenes of dancers, musicians, and lovers

made at limoges ca. 1180

enamel on copper over wood

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page of spring landscape from and early 13th century manuscript of the carmina burana containing troubadour's songs

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eadwine the scribe

self portrait

eadwine psalter ca. 1160

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spitzer cross

master of the grandmont altar ca 1180

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enamel chasse depicting the murder of thomas beckett. 4 assassins become 3

1190-1200

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gospels of henry the lion, ca. 1175-1185

duke henry the lion and his wife matilda are crowned by god

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arm reliquary of the apostles from the guelph treasury 1180-90

figures on the cuff resemble those on the canterbury choir screens

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main portal at senlis , ca. 1170-1190

coronation of the virign

birth and death in lintel

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jamb at senlis ca. 1175-1190

old testament prophets

mark second or third generation since 1140

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main portal tympanum at laon cathedral, ca. 1170-1190

virgin queen of heaven is on apex. new emphasis on mary.

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rose window in north transept at laon

seven liberal arts plus medicine surrounding philosophy

1210-1215