Art History Unit Test #2 Late Medieval Art - Pa Medieval Era a.k.a. The “dark ages” or “middle ages” Early Medieval Migratory Hiberno-Saxon Carolingian Ottonian Gothic Romanesque The characteristics of Gothic architecture : • Interior and exterior ornamentation becomes much more elaborate and decorative • Interior space becomes taller and “lighter” . . . . . . more open • Clerestory fenestration (windows) become larger and lighter. • Extensive use of rib vaulting (look for variations). • Sculpture appears more realistic, 3D and much less stiff as time progresses into the late Gothic. • Italian Gothic looks to Byzantium for influence. And now…….a quick word about VAULTING: Clerestory windows Rib vaulting Romanesque Gothic A. archivolts B. jamb figures C. tympanum D. pinnacles E. rosetta (rose) window F. buttresses G. tracery Notre-Dame Paris, France c. 1163 Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France c. 1145 1220 1150 a.k.a. Late Gothic Flamboyant Style Rayonnant Style flamma = flame (Latin) flambeau = torch (French) Rouen Cathedral Rouen, France c. 1124 - 1350 Orvieto Cathedral Orvieto, Italy c. 1280 Palazzo Vecchio Florence, Italy c. 1305 Secular Gothic in Venice Doges Palace Venice, Italy c. 1350 nice orientalizing Ca’ da’Oro Venice, Italy c. 1440 Virgin of Paris Notre-Dame, Paris c. 1330 Italo-Byzantine Style Cimabue (Cenni di Pepo) c. 1225 – 1300 Madonna Enthroned c. 1280 The Uffizi Gallery Florence, Italy Duccio Madonna Enthroned The Uffizi, Florence, Italy Siena, Italy c. 1290 Duccio Maesta’ 13’ x 7’ 1308 - 11 Museum of the Duomo, Siena Simone Martini The Annunciation 10’ x 9.5’ c. 1333 The Uffizi Gentile de Fabriano Adoration Of the Magi The Uffizi, Florence c. 1423 The Limbourg Brothers (Les Tres Ricyhes Heures de Duc de Berry) The Book of Hours of the Duke of Berry c. 1413 January Manuscript Illumination Roman Wall Painting Italo-Byzantine Style International Style Giotto (panel painting) (fresco painting) Northern Renaissance Italian Renaissance (panel /oil painting) (fresco painting) Giotto Madonna Enthroned The Uffizi, Florence, Italy c. 1310 Scrovegni Chapel (The Arena Chapel) Padua, Italy c. 1305 - 06