Gothic Europe Review Sheet

French Gothic

Saint-Denis, France, 1140 (rebuilt by Abbot Suger), France

Chartres Cathedral, 1150, France

Laon Cathedral, 1190, France

Notre-Dame, Paris, 1200

Luzarches, De Cormont, Amiens Cathedral, France, 1220

Reims Cathedral, France, 13th c.

Saint-Chapelle, Paris, mid 13th c. (Court Style)

Saint-Maclou, France, 1500

Fortified town of Caracassone, 12th-13th c., France

Hall of the Cloth Guild, 1230, Belgium

House of Jacques Coeur, 1450, France

Villard de Honnecourt, Figures based on geometric shapes, Sketchbook from Paris, 1230

God as Architect, Moralized Bible from Paris, 1220

Blanche of Castile, Louis IX and 2 monks, Moralized Bible from Paris, 1230

Abraham and 3 angels, Psalter of Saint Louis, 1250

Master Honore, David anointed by Samuel, Breviary of Philippe le Bel, 1296

Jean Pucelle, David before Saul, Belleville Breviary, 1325

Virgin of Jeanne dEvreux, St. Denis, 1339

Castle of Love and Knights Fighting, 1330

English Gothic

Salisbury Cathedral, 1330, England

Gloucester Cathedral, 1330, England

Robert and William Vertue, Westminster Abbey, England, 1500

Holy Roman Empire

Gehrad of Cologne, Cologne Cathedral, 1248, Germany

Saint Elizabeth, Germany, 1235

Starsbourg Cathedral, 1230, France

Ekkehard & Uta statues in Naumburg Cathedral, 1250, Germany

Bamberg Rider, Bamberg Cathedral, 1240

Rottgen Pieta, Germany, 1300

Nicolas of Verdun, Sacrifice of Isaac, 1181

Nicolas of Verdun, Shrine of 3 Kings, 1190

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TERMS TO KNOW

Radiating chapels

Ambulatory

Abbot Suger

Choir

Rib vault

Pointed arch/ ogival arches

Armature

Webs

Vaults

Bays

Lux nova

Rose windows

Jambs

Faade

Early Gothic

Late Gothic

High Gothic

Thierry of Chartres

Tympanum

Marians

Scholasticism

Thomas Aquinas

Sexpartite rib vaults

Triforium

Arcades

Elevation

Clerestory

Transept

Crossing

Oculus window

Flying buttresses

Pinnacle

Piers

Vaulting web

Diagonal rib

Transverse rib

Springing

Compound pier

Lancet window

Indulgences

Stained glass window

Bar tracery

Plate tracery

Glaziers

Leading

Trefoil

Quatrefoil

Gables

Beau Dieu

Rayonnet Style

Louis IX

Fleur-de-lis

Ramparts

Crenellations

Battlements

Parapets

Merlons

Villard de Honnecourt

reliquary

screen faade

rectilinear

perpendicular style

fan vaults

pendants

effigies

Ekkehard and Uta

Polychrome wood sculpture

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