Art and Architecture of the Renaissance:. Compare / Contrast with the Gothic and Rayonnant Periods. Gothic and Rayonnant:. Gothic and Rayonnant:. The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of life. Gothic and Rayonnant:. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Art and Architecture of the Renaissance:
Art and Architecture of the Renaissance:
Compare / Contrast with the Gothic and Rayonnant Periods
Gothic and Rayonnant:
Gothic and Rayonnant:
The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of
life.
Gothic and Rayonnant:
The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of
life.Pointed Arches.
St. Denis
Outside of Paris, FranceEarly GothicAbby ChurchKings
Church1140-1144
Laon Cathedral
1160 Oxen on the spires tells how we can afford to have the
cathedral. Example of taxation by the church.Bishops Church4
floors: 1st floor is called the arcade; 2nd floor is the gallery;
3rd floor is the triforium; 4th floor is the clerestory.
Notre Dame
Paris, France1163
Chartres Cathedral
South of Paris in the city of Chartres, France1194-1220Church is in
two styles because of a fire.Romanesque and Gothic
Gothic and Rayonnant:
The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of
life.Pointed Arches.Ribbed Vaults
Ste. Chapelle
King Louis IXRayonnant style
St. Denis
Notre Dame
Chartres Cathedral
Gothic and Rayonnant:
The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of
life.Pointed Arches.Ribbed VaultsFlying Buttresses
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Laon Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral: 1220-1236
Amiens Cathedral
Beauvais Cathedral: 1225-1272 tallest Cathedral in Europe at the
time 159 feet at the nave.
Gothic and Rayonnant:
The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of
life.Pointed Arches.Ribbed VaultsFlying ButtressesStained
glass.Better light for God. The church is bathed in Gods
light.
Amiens Cathedral
Ste. Chapelle Cathedral
Ste. Chapelle Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Beauvais Cathedral:
Gothic and Rayonnant:
The idea of the period is the all powerful church as the center of
life.Pointed Arches.Ribbed VaultsFlying ButtressesStained
glass.Better light for God. The church is bathed in Gods
light.Radiating Chapels: Used for storing religious relics. (to
show off to the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de
Compostella)
Radiating Chapels:
Chartres Cathedral: Radiating Chapels
Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres Cathedral
Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres CathedralHead of John
the Baptist: Amiens Cathedral
Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres CathedralHead of John
the Baptist: Amiens CathedralSt. Chapelle:
Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres CathedralHead of John
the Baptist: Amiens CathedralSt. Chapelle:Crown of thorns
Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres CathedralHead of John
the Baptist: Amiens CathedralSt. Chapelle:Crown of thornsA fragment
of the true cross
Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres CathedralHead of John
the Baptist: Amiens CathedralSt. Chapelle:Crown of thornsA fragment
of the true crossThe holy Lance
Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres CathedralHead of John
the Baptist: Amiens CathedralSt. Chapelle:Crown of thornsA fragment
of the true crossThe holy LanceThe Holy Sponge
Items stored in Radiating Chapels:
Tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Chartres CathedralHead of John
the Baptist: Amiens CathedralSt. Chapelle:Crown of thornsA fragment
of the true crossThe holy LanceThe Holy SpongeThe
Mandylion
