History of Art: Gothic Art,architecture

Gothic Art

Gothic Art Map
Gothic Art
Introduction	Benedetto Antelami	Taddeo Gaddi	Vitale da Bologna
Architecture in France	Giovanni di Balduccio	Giotto di Bondone	Guariento d'Arpo
Architecture in Germany	Jacobello Dalle Masegne	Pietro Lorenzetti	Giusto de' Menabuoi
Architecture in Italy	Corenzo Maitani	Ambrogio Lorenzetti	Barnaba da Modena
Architecture in England	Andrea da Firenze	Giovanni da Milano	Melchior Broederlam
Stained Glass	Filippo Rusiti	Gentile da Fabriano	Nicolas de Bataille
Arnolfo di Cambio	Ferrer Bassa	Pucelle Jean	Bayeux Tapestry
Nicola Pisano	Pietro Cavallini	Altichiera da Zevio	Matthew Paris
Giovanni Pisano	Cimabue	Tomasso da Modena	Master Boucicaut
Tino di Camaino	Duccio di Buonisegna	Traini Francesco	Illuminated Manuscripts
Andrea Pisano	Simone Martini	Giovannino de' Grassi	Master Hohenfurt
Claus Sluter	Maso di Banco	Roberto Oderisi	Henri Belechose

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ARCHITECTURE

Architecture in France

The Gothic Cathedrals

The rebuilding of Chartres Cathedral - the Romanesque structure was destroyed by fire in 1194 - provided a prototype for the new Gothic style. The earliest complete Gothic building was Laon Cathedral (1160), and a different system of encircling bay supports was used at Bourges (1195). The Chartres scheme of single aisles, small triforium, and vaulting bays was simpler. The plan is a longitudinal central body with side aisles, a short transept, and a choir with ambulatory and radial chapels. The main structural elements are the slender pillars topped by pointed arches, which separate the side aisles and rise to form high cross-vaults. The thrust was carried on flying buttresses to allow for large window openings. Set between two towers, the facade is pierced by a large rose-window. As Gothic style flourished, the early variations at Noyon (1150) and Notre Dame (1163) were superseded by developments at Soissons, Rheims, Amiens, and Beauvais. In the mid-13th century, Gothic ait followed the route of monks and pilgrims to Spain, where cathedrals were built at Salamanca. Burgos, and Leon. In England, at Canterbury and Westminster, French design gradually gave way to linear and decorative styles, culminating in the 14th-century perpendicular style. German regions adapted this style early in the 13th century. in the Liebfrauenkirche of Trier and the cathedrals of Strasbourg and Cologne.

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon

Laon, France
1160-1225

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, France (1160-1225)

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, France (1160-1225)

Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Laon

Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Laon, 130km northwest from Paris, has one of the great early Gothic style as well as Notre-Dame at Paris. The cathdral of Notre-Dame was established in the end of fifth century but burned in 1112.The reconstruction of the choir and transepts began about 1160 and completed in 1174. The reconstruction started again about 1180 and after 1205, the completion of the nave, the orginal choir was replaced by the greatly lengthened present-day choir in 1215.
The west facade was completed about 1220.

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, France, 1160-1225 (interior)

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, France (1160-1225)

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, France (1160-1225)

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, France (1160-1225)