The document discusses Gothic architecture in France from the 12th to 15th centuries. It provides images and descriptions of key Gothic cathedrals and churches built during this period, including the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Chartres Cathedral, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Sainte-Chapelle, and examples of Gothic architecture and stained glass windows, sculptures, and artwork from this era.

1. Gothic
The quest for height
and light!

2. Ambulatory and radiating chapels
Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
Saint Denis, France
1140-1144
• EARLY GOTHIC
• Carolingian basilica “unfit” for
royalty converted into marvelous
Gothic church
• Rib vaults on pointed arches
• Lux nova

3. Round vs. pointed arches

4. West facade of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
begun 1134, rebuilt beginning 1194

5. Old Testament queen and two kings
jamb statues, doorway of Royal Portal
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1145-1155

6. Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
begun 1134
rebuilt beginning 1194
1194 - Chartres PART II

7. Virgin and Child and Angels
(Notre Dame de la Belle Verrière)
choir of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1170
stained glass
16 ft. x 7 ft. 8 in.

8. Rose Window and lancets
north transept of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
ca. 1220
stained glass
rose approximately 43 ft. in diameter

9. South façade of Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris, France
begun 1163, nave & flying buttresses ca. 1180-1200, remodeled after 1225

11. Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont,
and Renaud de Cormont
West facade of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, France
begun 1220
HIGH GOTHIC FACADE
King’sGallery

12. Visitation
jamb statues of central doorway
west facade of Reims Cathedral
Reims, France
ca. 1230

13. interior of the upper chapel
Sainte-Chapelle
Paris, France
1243-1248
Rayonnant (radiating)
Style

14. Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris)
Notre-Dame
Paris, France
early 14th century

15. West façade of Saint-Maclou
Rouen, France
ca. 1500-1540

16. Blanche of Castille, Louis IX
and two monks
dedication page (folio 8 recto)
of a moralized Bible
from Paris, France
1226-1234
ink, tempera and gold leaf on vellum
15 x 10 1/2 in.

17. Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreaux
from the abbey church of Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis, France
1339
silver gilt and enamel
27 1/2 in. high

18. Gerhard of Cologne
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne, Germany
begun 1248

19. Death of the Virgin
tympanum of left doorway, south transept
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg, France
ca. 1230

20. Eckehard and Uta
statues in the west choir
Naumburg Cathedral
Naumburg, Germany
ca. 1249-1255
painted limestone
6 ft. 2 in. high

21. Virgin with the Dead Christ
Röttgen Pietà
from the Rhineland, Germany
ca. 1300-1325
painted wood
2 ft. 10 1/2 in. high
Pietá = pity in Italian