ART 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gothic Revival Architecture, Lancet Window, Gislebertus
27 Jul 2018
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Chartres cathedral of notre dame ( our lady = virgin mary) North and south spires in different styles because they ran out of money halfway through production, had to stop, and then when the second spire went up, the style had changed. Early gothic/masterpiece of high gothic all at once. Tempetum: jesus in a mandorla with the 4 evangelists represented by their animal symbol. Matthew: man, luke: ox, mark: lion, john: eagle. Seated, naturalistic jesus (compared to jesus in hieratic scale on the portal of. More connection between the story of jesus. Below the tempetum: 12 apostles in lintel. To the right of the portal: 4 old testament kings and queen. In 1194, there"s a fire at chartres cathedral. To the left of the portal: st. theodore (a general, martyred by having his skin torn off), st. steven, and 2 other old testament friends. Real looking bodies on this side of the portal.
