2. INDEX:
1-WHAT IS GOTHIC ART?
2-EXAMPLES OF GOTHIC ART
3-GOTHIC ART IN SPAIN
4-EXAMPLES OF GOTHIC ART IN
SPAIN
Santa María de Llanes Oviedo
Notre Dame
3. 1-WHAT IS GOTHIC ART?
Gothic art is an artistic style that developed in Western
Europe during the Middle Ages, from the mid-12th century
until the implementation of the Renaissance into the
sixteenth century. Gothic art corresponds to a period of
great dynamism in socio-economic terms.
The arrival of the Gothic had a sequence in time: it began
in France, then spread to England and Spain, and quite
some time later it would arrive to Germany; later still, to
Italy.
Gothic art was manifested only in the disciplines most
linked to the aesthetic (architecture, painting and
sculpture). Gothic style gives great importance to the
religious.
4. 2-EXAMPLE
OF GOTHIC ART IN FRANCE
Built between 1163-1245, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is one of
the oldest Gothic cathedrals in the world. The name means Our Lady
and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Important events have been held in Notre Dame, including the
coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte, the beatification of Joan of Arc and
the coronation of Henry VI of England.
On 15 April 2019, Notre Dame Cathedral suffered a serious fire that
caused significant damage to the roof and toppled the needle from the
main tower.
Notre Dame
5. 3-GOTHIC ART IN SPAIN
In Spain, before entering the full Gothic, it has a proto-Gothic
phase, in the second half of the 12th century, where the last
Romanesque forms with the first Gothic forms will coexist. The
characteristics that will be given within this proto-Gothic
architecture will be austerity, balance and proportion.
All this will serve as the basis for the great Spanish Gothic of the
thirteenth century, the century of the great cathedrals, such as
the Cathedral of León, Toledo and Burgos.
6. The Cathedral of Santa Maria de Regla de León
is a temple of Catholic worship, consecrated
under the advocation of the Virgin Mary.
Initiated in the XIII century, it is one of the great
works of the Gothic style, of French influence.
Known by the nickname Pulchra leonina,
meaning 'Bella Leonesa', it is located in the
middle of the Camino de Santiago.
The Cathedral of León is best known for taking to
the extreme the "dematerialization" of Gothic art,
that is, the reduction of the walls to their minimum
expression to be replaced by coloured stained
glass, constituting one of the largest collections
of stained glass windows in the world.
4-EXAMPLES
OF GOTHIC ART IN SPAIN
León Cathedral
7. The construction of the Cathedral was started by the Chapter
Hall, a dependency that opens to the cloister, and was completed
by the tower, in 1587 and at the beginning of the Renaissance. It
is the work of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón on plans by Juan de
Badajoz.
The decoration of the cathedral gives doctrinal teaching through
iconography. The sculpture presents the Old Covenant (the
prophets and kings of the Old Testament) and the New Covenant
(Jesus, the Apostles and the Saints with a prominent place for
Our Lady)
Oviedo Cathedral
8. Its construction began in 1221, following
French Gothic patterns. It had very
important modifications in the XV and XVI
centuries: The construction and subsequent
remodeling were made with limestone
extracted from the quarries of the nearby
town of Hontoria de la Cantera.
It has the typical features of the French
Gothic cathedrals. It has a Latin cross plan
and three covers, although it presents later
arrangements that lead us to the fifteenth
and sixteenth century.
Burgos Cathedral
