Medieval Gothic C 1140 1550 Emotion Passion Faith

Medieval Gothic C. 1140 -1550 Emotion Passion Faith

Sculpture. Terms: Jamb Pieta Realism Classicism Quatrefoil Typanum

Chartres 1145 - 1 st example of Gothic sculpture • Symmetry • Clarity • Statues rather than reliefs • Realism • Emphasis on joining of spiritual and secular Jamb statues, west portal Chartres Cathedral 1145 -70

• Done after fire • New style-High Gothic • Heads are not aligned with body • Realism!! • New classicism-Pathos Jamb statues, south trancept, Chartres Cathedral, 1215 -20

Death of the Virgin, tympanum Strasburg Cathedral c. 1220 • Classical in nature- robes, very tight composition • Gothic- Pathos, emotion, tenderness

Annunciation and Visitation, west portal Reims Cathedral c. 1225 -45 • Height of Gothic Classicism • Enacting a narrative scene-warmth and affection • S-curve of figures-contrapposto

Melchizedek and Abraham, west wall Reims Cathedral, 1251 • “Elegant Style”-deep recessed, light v. shadow • More pictorial than sculptural

The Virgin of Paris Notre Dame early 14 th Century 50 years later! • Classicism is gone • No Contrapposto • No elegance, more abstract

Signs of the Zodiac, Labors of the Month West Façade, Amiens Cathedral 1220 -1230 “Realism of the Particulars”- specific details, observations of everyday life- intimate realism

What earlier sculpture does this remind you of? Tomb of a Knight, Dorchester Abbey Oxfordshire, England c. 1260 Gothic style spread to England- mostly seen in tomb sculpture - death is violent action rather than peace

Crucifixion, Naumburg Cathedral c. 1240 -50 • The Naumburg Master • German technique from French • Sacred subject comes down to earth-weight and volume • PATHOS

Pieta- “Pity” and “Piety” • Completely made up • Appealed to private worship • Reflects the emotional nature of medieval art • Heads enlarged to show emotion

The International Style Claus Sluter • Lavish drapery • Forms reach out into space • Precise realism • Portrait-like individualism-first portraits since antiquity Claus Sluter, The Moses Well 1395 -1406

ITALY Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Cathedral, 1259 -60 • Greatest of medieval classicists • Space is squeezed together-shallow • Still Gothic details

Lorenzo Ghiberti, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1401 -2 Continuation of the International style • Won competition for Baptistry door • Very detailed surface • Calm rather than dramatic • Admiration of ancient sculpture • Spatial quality is new