ARTH 1100 Lecture 10: LECTURE 10 - How Buildings can Symbolize; The Gothic Cathedral (12th-13th Centuries) [pt. 2]
10 Feb 2017
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Annunciation (left pair: mary [right] c. 1245, angel [left]: 1255) Visitation (right pair: mary [left] and elizabeth [right], c. Figures appear to be completely detached from their architectural backing. Figures not nearly so columnar as at chartres. But still tied to their place by the pedestal below and the canopies above their heads. Drapery also suggests weight shift like contrapposto. Visitation classicizing figures reims was an ancient roman city; classical examples nearby. Annunciation quiet and graceful; fashionable refinement associated with the parisian court of the 1250. Fa ade : unlike french, fa ade appears more like a screen, fa ade does not correspond with the interior, much more horizontal than vertical, no rose window, but instead lancets. Crossing tower : the most important vertical element, massive spire (french preferred more elongated spires) dominates the silhouette. Lecture 10: how buildings can symbolize the gothic cathedral (12th . Verticality floor to piers to ribs.
