 Gothic sculpture evolved from Romanesque art and lasted from the mid-12th century to

as late as the end of the 16th century.

 The definitive feature of Gothic sculpture is naturalism.
 The earliest Gothic art was monumental sculpture, on the walls of Cathedrals and abbeys.
 The term Gothic was coined by classicizing Italian writers of the Renaissance, who
attributed the invention (and what to them was the nonclassical ugliness) of medieval
architecture to the barbarian Gothic tribes that had destroyed the Roman Empire and its
classical culture in the 5th century CE.
 The term retained its derogatory overtones until the 19th century, at which time a positive
critical revaluation of Gothic architecture took place. Although modern scholars have
long realized that Gothic art has nothing in truth to do with the Goths, the term Gothic
remains a standard one in the study of art history.
In Gothic sculpture, the most commonly used material/medium is
stone, but later, wood also became popular.
 Damp Fold Raredos (Reredos) Bar tracery

A sculpting technique in A sculpting technique A sculpting technique

which lines are long and where an elaborate wall where it consist of
subtle, giving the featured carving is utilized primarily decorative patterns form
material to look as though it on or behind the high altar. from stone bars.
were damp.
Virgin and Child from
the Sainte-Chapelle The Well of Moses
An ivory sculpture created Sculpted by a dutch artist named
in the 1260s, currently in Claus Sluter. The sculpture is in a
the possession of the style that appears to combine a
Louvre Museum in Paris. form of Gothic with the
characteristics of northern
realism.
The Adoration of the
Magi
A sculpture that represents one of
the most important scenario in the
bible in which the three kings gave
gifts as a symbol of rejoicement due
to the birth of Christ.
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Amoranto, Kyla
Canlas, Pia Marie
Hernandez, Grace
Nano, Fatima
Talento, Andreian