The Gothic period took place between the 12th and 16th centuries in Europe and greatly influenced architecture, sculpture, and painting. Gothic architecture is most notable for its use in cathedrals, employing flying buttresses, ribbed vaults, and pointed arches to make walls thinner and allow for stained glass windows. Sculpture decorated cathedral entrances with biblical stories and depictions of the Virgin Mary became more human. Painting shifted to darker oils representing a more prosperous society, taking inspiration from stained glass with bright colors, and advancing techniques like perspective, proportion, shadow, and naturalism in illuminated manuscripts and paintings.

2. Took place in Europe (between the 12th and 16th Century).
Mostly influenced ARCHITECTURE,
but also brought significant changes to SCULPTURE and
PAINTING.
Quickly became dominant in Europe and remained
popular until the Renaissance.

3. ARCHITECTURE: Was seen mostly in Cathedrals
Its style was typified by constitutional devices like:
flying buttresses
ribbed vaults
pointed arches

4. Flying buttresses:

5. Ribbed vaults

6. Pointed arches

7. Architects made cathedral walls thinner, allowing stained glass windows to
be installed instead of mosaics.

8. Some ofthebest examplesof Gothicarchitecturecanbeseen atthe cathedralsof:
Ameins (France)

9. Reims (France)

10. Chartres

11. Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón.( 1926 y 1934) Córdoba, Argentina

12. Chartres

13. Monumental
Sculpture
Was created to decorate the entrances of the cathedrals.
Showed the stories of the NewTestament and the OldTestament
side by side.
Saints’ lives were often depicted.
Images of theVirgin Mary changed from an abstract or anti
naturalistic style to a more human and affectionate mother.

14. GOTHIC
PAINTING
Its style was dominated by dark oil paintings that represented a shift from the
dark ages into a more prosperous and civilized society.
Its style was a combination of frontal simplicity, truth to nature, harmonious
unity together with precision in details.
At this time, Christianity was entering a new predominant phase, which
encouraged artists and architects to apply the style to large cathedrals and
churches.
Costly materials
used
Such as gold, precious stones and ivory
indicates the degree of wealth that was
common during this period and attests the
sophistication of the Gothic culture.

15. GOTHIC
PAINTING
Was inspired by the design and color of stained-glass windows.
Painters favored bright reds and blues (typical of stained glass).
Painters were asked to decorate manuscript copies of the Bible and prayer
books for the churches (illuminated manuscripts).
Christ Pantocrator seated in a capital "U" in
an illuminated manuscript from the Badische
Landesbibliothek, Germany.
The development of perspective and proportion.
The use of shadows and light.
Naturalism.

16. God Speaking to Prophet Jeremiah
Winchester Bible (1160-75).
A 13th-century manuscript illumination, the earliest
known depiction ofThomas Becket's assassination.

17. Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italy,1255 – 1318)
Madonna with Child enthroned and six Angels (c. 1285)
Duccio was a master of tempera and managed to conquer the medium with delicacy and
precision. Duccio’s paintings are warm with color, and inviting. His pieces held a high level of
beauty with delicate details, sometimes inlaid with jewels and almost ornamental fabrics.
Duccio was also noted for his complex organization of space. Characters were organized
specifically and purposefully. He had a refined attention to emotion.The characters interact
tenderly, and softly with each other, it is no longer Christ and theVirgin, it is mother and child.
With this he flirts with naturalism but his paintings are still awe inspiring.

18. Giotto di Bondone (Italy, 1267-1337)
Kiss of Judas (fresco)
Giottos’ figures are solidly three-dimensional, have faces and gestures that are
based on close observation, and are clothed in garments that hang naturally
and have form and weight.The figures occupy compressed settings with
naturalistic elements, often using forced perspective devices so that they
resemble stage sets.