Gothic Art History Essay
Art History Presentation Script 1. Introduction (Alissa) aracteristic of early Gothic churches.
- Very simple - Very thin vertical support
- Large windows
- Combination of the triforium gallery and clerestory in one large area
- Walls of glass and screens oHow did the term ‘Gothic’ come about?
The term was actually applied after the time by Italian writers in the Renaissance who, compared this architecture to that of the "barbaric tribes" that destroyed the Roman Empire and its culture in 5th Century BCE. They were appalled at the abandonment of classical Romanesque lines and proportion which they felt was true beauty.
2. Timeline (Alissa)
- By the 12th and 13th centuries there was a massive shift in population in Europe.
- People moved from the outskirts and countryside to towns, which grew into vast cities.
- Cathedrals became a very important religious, cultural and social center everywhere.
- They replaced monasteries and schools and learning centers, places where the community would come to meet and a place to get close to God.
- It was a time for new ideas and knowledge and this freedom emerged gothic art.
- A) 1140- Gothic style was born at the Cathedral of Saint-Denis.
· Artist: Abbot Suger …show more content…
You have to remember that the church itself, any consecrated church is an expression of the Holy Jerusalem, it is heaven on earth, so the idea is how can one transport us to a more heavenly and spiritual place. Abbot Suger believed that light could do this. Suger had come to believe that he was reading the writing of St Denis, of the patron saint of this church, when in reality he was reading the writing of a philosopher in the sixth century, but the important part is that he took this notion of the divinity of light and it’s connection to the devine from that writing and made it practical and applicable within an architectural
- Very simple - Very thin vertical support
- Large windows
- Combination of the triforium gallery and clerestory in one large area
- Walls of glass and screens oHow did the term ‘Gothic’ come about?
The term was actually applied after the time by Italian writers in the Renaissance who, compared this architecture to that of the "barbaric tribes" that destroyed the Roman Empire and its culture in 5th Century BCE. They were appalled at the abandonment of classical Romanesque lines and proportion which they felt was true beauty.
2. Timeline (Alissa)
- By the 12th and 13th centuries there was a massive shift in population in Europe.
- People moved from the outskirts and countryside to towns, which grew into vast cities.
- Cathedrals became a very important religious, cultural and social center everywhere.
- They replaced monasteries and schools and learning centers, places where the community would come to meet and a place to get close to God.
- It was a time for new ideas and knowledge and this freedom emerged gothic art.
- A) 1140- Gothic style was born at the Cathedral of Saint-Denis.
· Artist: Abbot Suger …show more content…
You have to remember that the church itself, any consecrated church is an expression of the Holy Jerusalem, it is heaven on earth, so the idea is how can one transport us to a more heavenly and spiritual place. Abbot Suger believed that light could do this. Suger had come to believe that he was reading the writing of St Denis, of the patron saint of this church, when in reality he was reading the writing of a philosopher in the sixth century, but the important part is that he took this notion of the divinity of light and it’s connection to the devine from that writing and made it practical and applicable within an architectural