Sainte-Chapelle

Sainte-Chapelle Chelsea Gross ARTH-100 OL1 Art History Essay Professor Landrus November 17th, 2014 Word Count: 1524 The Sainte-Chapelle is a royal medieval Gothic Chapel. The chapel was commissioned by Louis IX of France to hold his collection of Passion Relics. [1] The Sainte- Chapelle is one of the earliest surviving buildings of the Capetian royal palace and is considered a high achievement of the Rayonnante period of Gothic architecture. Even though the Saint-Chapel was damaged during the French Revolution and was later restored during the 19th century, it still has one of the world’s most extensive collection of 13th century stained…

sized altarpieces made out of painted wood. Gothic painting did not make an appearance until 1100 when it split paths from the Romanesque style. Around 1144 the Gothic style spanned throughout Europe and by the 13th century it became the international style ultimately replacing the Romanesque. The transition was only so quick throughout the architecture side of art, the sculpture and painting development happened much slower and over a longer period of time. Gothic buildings started to replace…

would do that day. They decided they would go around France and visit and learn about a few of the famous landmarks. They already learned and visited the Eiffel Tower, so they didn’t go there. The first landmark they decided to see was the Louvre. The Louvre is a famous museum that holds famous paintings and sculptures. They had heard about many famous paintings being held there like the Mona Lisa, The Wedding at Cana, The portrait of Louis XIV, and rumors were that The Last Supper painting…

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It is composed of thin stone elements rather than thick ones as in plate tracery. The glass rather than the stone dominates when bar tracery is used giving a more delicate, web-like effect. Tracery is a Gothic invention of upmost importance that eventually whole buildings, like the Sainte-Chapelle in France were to be defined and composed of tracery and the glass it contained. This technique also adds to the building looking visually more ornate and decorative. St Peter’s Cathedral features…

its pointed arch that keep holds of the church together, while stained glass windows brought surprising paintings to shine. Biblical scenes were made for those who could not read in medieval time. It was also the stained glass windows were known as “Bible of the Poor” the color of the art helped present glorious and symbolic way. Sears mentioned of the supernatural that played in an important life with the people, its protection was the only source against the devil. The people believed at least…

Frankish-French were also building their reign and looking for new lands. The outcome was the two kingdoms were Europe two most powerful families. The disputes lasted for fours centuries. It’s a long and complicated scheme of political marriages and comlex duty. Capetian dynasty extend itspower progressively over these two kings: Philip II and Louis IX. during Philip II’s time, most part of France were owned by England. In 1223, Philip through the feudal pretext was able to regain the land when…