1. Medieval Gothic C. 1140-1550 Emotion Passion Faith

2. Sculpture- Terms: Jamb Pieta Realism Classicism Quatrefoil Typanum

3. Chartres 1145- 1st 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. Pieta- “Pity” and “Piety” • Completely made up • Appealed to private worship • Reflects the emotional nature of medieval art • Heads enlarged to show emotion Pieta, Early 14th c.

13. 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

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

15. 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