GOTHIC ART

From realism to naturalism

• Bondage to convention
• Abandon byzantine and regain Greek freedom
• Nature ,human form , principle of decoration
• Secular artist
• Recumbent figures- 16th c. defunct kneeling -
votive figures
• Individual expression , molding from nature
• Bass-reliefs
 ARCHITECTURE
• The pointed arch
• Flying buttress
• Light wall
• Soaring pillars
• Vaulted roofs
• Large openings
– Portal
– Rose windows
– Lancet windows
The rayonnant style
 SCULPTURE
• Bas-relief
• Decorative –pulpits ,tombs and rood screens.
• Small scale- wood ,ivory for private purpose.
• Religious composition and histories
• Product of divers influence
– Roman ,byzantine,arab,coptic,nordic.
 Style

• Welcoming scenes in calmer and realistic style

• More human and compassionate
• Pilar like figures-calm and remote ,stiff in stance
• stiff and meager drapery turned to delicate drapery ,
hung in parallel patterns
• majestic ,powerful ,decorative ,abstract ,conventional ,un
real ( nightmarish)
• Grandeur ,vivacity of movement ,grotesque ,slender
static elongated bodies ,less barbarous ,defective
drawings ,mobility and variety of attitude , naturalism to
face.
Sculpture
Royal portals of charters cathedral
Jamb statues
 Later figures
• Greater movement and expression
• Greater naturalism attained in facial
expression and flow of garment.
Jamb statues