Gothic art, prominent in Europe from the 12th to 15th centuries, is characterized by its distinctive architecture, including taller cathedrals with pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses. Sculpture during this period was more expressive, often focusing on religious themes, while painting transitioned from religious subjects to more realistic representations, including portraits. Key gothic structures featured complex floor plans, large stained glass windows, and decorative elements such as gargoyles.

1. 5. GOTHIC ART

2. 5.1. GOTHIC STYLE
 The artistic style that prevailed in Europe
between the 12th and 15th centuries was
known as Gothic.
 The main buildings made was churches
and cathedrals, but also secular buildings
like: palaces, lonjas, universities, and
town halls.
 In general terms, all these constructions
were placed in cities.

3. 5.2. GOTHIC ARQUITECTURE
 The cathedrals were taller and for that
reason lighter than the ones from the
Romanesque Art.
 It was normal a huge stained glass window
and rose window
 The point arch was very common. It was
supported by columns or pillars with
adjoining columns.
 They mainly used the ribbed vault. The
pressure of the vaults was counteracted
by flying buttresses and buttresses
crowned with pinnacles.

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Rose
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Stained
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Buttress Pointed

5. RIBBED VAULT

6. GOTHIC´S CATHEDRALS
 Usually had a
basilica floor
plan, consisted
on a central
nave, various
side aisles and
side chapels,
and a big
transept.
 It had a large
ambulatory,
which was

7.  In the interior, there were three floors:
 1st: Composed of arches, which
separated the nave from the side aisles.
 2nd: Consisted of a gallery called:
triforium.
 3rd: Contained the windows.

8.  Cathedrals usually had several doorways
consisting of doors under pointed arches.
There were usually two towers over the
main doors on the west façade.

9. CHARTRES´S CATHEDRAL (FRANCE)

10. INTERIOR OF NOTRE DAME PARIS

11. NOTRE DAME

12. NOTRE DAME EXTERIOR

13. BURGOS´S CATHEDRAL

14. LEON´S CATHEDRAL

15. TOLEDO´S
CATHEDRAL

16. SCULPTURE
 Sculpture was closely linked to architect.
Relief forms were sculpted on the facades.
On the tympanum and archivolts.
 Like Romanesque, had a didactic purpose.
 The figures were more expressive than
Romanesque.
 The main themes were religious: Virgin with
Child, saints, and Pantocrator Crhist. Also
gargoyles were created and put on the top of
the church.

17. SAINTS OF AMIENS'S CAATHEDRAL

18. WITHE VIRGIN WITH THE CHILD FROM LEON´S
CATHEDRAL

19. GARGOYLES OF NOTRE DAME

21. PAINTING
 Were mainly done on wood.
 The techniques were tempera and oil
painting.
 Little by little the figures became more
realistic.
 Religious themes still predominated, but
in the final phases of the Gothic Age,
artists began to paint portraits.

22. CHRIST´S DESCENDT FROM THE CROSS MADE
BY VAN DYCK

23. ARNOFLINI
MARRIAGE'S
PORTRAIT
MADE BY VAN
EYCK