GOTHIC

12TH TO 16TH CENTURY

NORTHERN FRANCE
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

• It showed the power and wealth of cities.

• The most representative building was cathedral.
• Cities compete with each other to build the tallest or biggest
cathedral.
• Cathedrals were high and filled with light to represent heaven.
CHARACTERISTICS OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

Pointed Arches
Ribbed Vault
Bigger Windows
Appeal to emotions
Dramatic
CHARACTERISTICS OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

Taller Buildings
Stone And Wood
Rose window
Flying Buttress
Gargoyles
RIBBED VAULT
Saint Chappelle, Paris,  Rose window
STAINED GLASS WINDOW
FLYING BUTTRESS
GARGOYLES
Cathedral of St.
Denice. France

1ST EXAMPLE OF Gothic

Architecture
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
 GOTHIC SCULPTURE

• Stone was the most commonly used material, but wood became popular.
• Used in Cathedrals and churches.
• Walls were decorated with intricate scenes.
• More realistic and natural.
• Clothes and Gestures were more detailed.
• Curved lines became popular
• Figures showed movement
WOOD SCULPTURE
PAINTINGS

• The popularity of mural painting was replaced by large stained

glass windows.
• Mural painting and miniatures were the most important types
of painting at first.
• Painting on wood became popular.
• They mostly represented religious icons.
• Portraits also became important.
FEATURES

• Bright colors
• The use of gold
• Background landscapes
• Greater realism and movement of the figures
PAINTINGS
ROMANESQUE VS GOTHIC

ROMANESQUE
• Only churches can commission Art.
• Cathedrals were low and wide.
• Cathedrals have separate areas.
• Very limited light.
• Curved arches
GOTHIC
• Art can be commissioned from both
churches as well as general public.
• Cathedrals were strikingly tall.
• Cathedrals have one huge space.
• Flooded with natural light.
• Pointed arches.