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FRENCH GOTHIC
Ambulatory and radiating chapels, abbey church, Saint-Denis, France, 1140–1144. Gothic art is born here at St. Denis. Abbot Suger designs the apse with its radiating chapels.
Plan of the east end, abbey church, Saint-Denis, France, 1140–1144
Vaults of the ambulatory and radiating chapels of the choir, abbey church, Saint-Denis, France, 1140–1144.
Aerial view of Chartres Cathedral (from the northwest), Chartres, France, begun 1134;
Façade of Chartres Cathedral.rebuilt after 1194.
Plan of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, as rebuilt after 1194
Royal Portal, west facade, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1145–1155.
Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory, jamb statues, Porch of the Confessors (right doorway), south transept, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1220–1230.
Interior of Chartres Cathedral (view facing east), Chartres, France, begun 1194.
Detail of Charlemagne window. Furrier’s shop. In ambulatory of Chartres. C. 1210-36.
Rose window and lancets, north transept, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1220. Stained glass, rose window approx. 43’ in diameter.
West facade of Laon Cathedral, Laon, France, begun ca. 1190.
Interior of Laon Cathedral (view facing northeast), Laon, France, begun ca. 1190.
ROBERT DE LUZARCHES, THOMAS DE CORMONT, and RENAUD DE CORMONT, interior of Amiens Cathedral (view facing east), Amiens, France, begun 1220.
Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont, vaults, clerestory, and triforium of the choir of Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, France, begun 1220.
ROBERT DE LUZARCHES, THOMAS DE CORMONT, and RENAUD DE CORMONT, west facade of Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, France, begun 1220.
Christ (Beau Dieu), trumeau statue of central doorway, west facade, Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, France, ca. 1220–1235.
Notre-Dame (view from the south), Paris, France, begun 1163; nave and flying buttresses, ca. 1180–1200; remodeled after 1225.
Alternate View, Notre Dame de Paris, General view from S with rose window and chapter house
West facade of Reims Cathedral, Reims, France, ca. 1225–1290.
Annunciation and Visitation, jamb statues of central doorway, west facade, Reims Cathedral, Reims, France, ca. 1230.
Interior of the upper chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France, 1243–1248.
Exterior, Sainte Chapelle, Paris. France, 1243–1248.
Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux, from the abbey church of Saint-Denis, France, 1339. Silver gilt and enamel, 2’ 3 1/2” high. Louvre, Paris.
Blanche of Castile, Louis IX, and two monks, dedication page (folio 8 recto) of a moralized Bible, from Paris, France, 1226–1234. Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum, 1’ 3” X 10 1/2”. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
Abraham and the three angels, folio 7 verso of the Psalter of Saint Louis, from Paris, France, 1253–1270. Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum, 5” X 3 1/2”. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris), Notre-Dame, Paris, France, early fourteenth century.
West facade of Saint-Maclou, Rouen, France, ca. 1500–1514.
Aerial view of the fortified town of Carcassonne, France. Bastions and towers, 12th–13th centuries, restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century.
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England, 1220–1258; west facade completed 1265; spire ca. 1320–1330.
Plan of Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England, 1220–1258.
Interior of Salisbury Cathedral (view facing east), Salisbury, England, 1220–1258.
West end, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England. C. 1270-1366
Choir of Gloucester Cathedral (view facing east), Gloucester, England, 1332–1357
Alternate View, Gloucester Cathedral View upward into the complex perpendicular vaulting of the choir (1337-51)
ROBERT and WILLIAM VERTUE, Chapel of Henry VII, Westminster Abbey, London, England, 1503–1519.
Gerhard of Cologne, aerial view of Cologne Cathedral (from the south), Cologne, Germany, begun 1248; nave, facade, and towers completed 1880.
GERHARD OF COLOGNE, Choir of Cologne Cathedral (view facing east), Cologne, Germany, completed 1322.
Death of the Virgin, tympanum of left doorway, south transept, Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, France, ca. 1230.
Virgin with the Dead Christ (Röttgen Pietà), from the Rhineland, Germany, ca. 1300–1325. Painted wood, 2’ 10 1/2” high. Rheinisches Landemuseum, Bonn.
LORENZO MAITANI, west facade of Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto, Italy, begun 1310.
Doge’s Palace, Venice, Italy, begun ca. 1340–1345; expanded and remodeled, 1424–1438.
Milan Cathedral (view from the southwest), Milan, Italy, begun 1386.
FROM GOTHIC TO RENAISSANCE
CIMABUE, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, ca. 1280–1290. Tempera on wood, 12’ 7” x 7’ 4”. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
GIOTTO DI BONDONE, Madonna Enthroned, ca. 1310. Tempera on wood, 10’ 8” x 6’ 8”. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
Interior of the Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, 1305–1306.
GIOTTO DI BONDONE, Lamentation, Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy, ca. 1305. Fresco, 6’ 6 3/4” x 6’ 3/4”.
Arena Chapel (also called Scrovegni Chapel), Padua, Italy
DUCCIO DI BUONINSEGNA, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, principal panel of the Maestà altarpiece, from the Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1308–1311. Tempera on wood, panel 7’ x 13’. Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena.
SIMONE MARTINI AND LIPPO MEMMI(?), , 1333 (frame reconstructed in the nineteenth century). Tempera and gold leaf on wood, approx. 10’ 1” x 8’ 8 3/4”. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
PIETRO LORENZETTI, The Birth of the Virgin, from Altar of Saint Savinus, Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1342. Tempera on wood, approx. 6’ 1” x 5’ 11”. Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena.
ARNOLFO DI CAMBIO and others, Florence Cathedral (view from the south), Florence, Italy, begun 1296. The dome is from the later Renaissance period.
GIOTTO DI BONDONE, Bell tower for the Cathedral of Florence (the Duomo). Between 1334-1360. Andrea Pisano, a goldsmith, and architect Francesco Talenti also contribute to its design.