GOTHIC ART

Write the correct nouns for these definitions:

Franciscans and Dominicans

_____________________________: New religious orders appeared in
response to the social problems of the new urban society, dedicated to
religious teaching.

Universities
___________________: Independent institutions created during High
Middle Ages by teachers and students who did not want to be under de
control of these authorities, to teach the trivium and the quadrivium.
Write the name of these Gothic architecture elements:

Stained glass Free-standing Flying

Ribbed vault
windows sculptures buttresses

Rose
Altarpieces Pointed arches Miniatures
windows
Complete this outlines about Gothic sculpture and painting:

Sculpture:

They were used to decorate façades, cloisters, altarpieces and sepulchres.

Free-standing sculptures with religious themes and portraits of kings

became more common

Realistic characteristics

There were portraits of real people

Drapery gave shape to the body

Sculptures were not isolated, less rigid, and could be used as parts of
different scenes and narratives

The S curve of the body gave the figures a sense of movement.

 Painting:

Themes:

Mostly religious Landscapes

Scenes of everyday life Portraits of cities

Characteristics:

More natural and realistic bodies, faces and landscapes

Expression of emotions through gestures and faces

Realistic use of light and colour

Painting techniques:

Tempera.

Oil painting.