4. gothic sculpture

Gothic Sculpture

1150 A.D – c.1400 A.D.

Gothic Sculpture

Gothic sculpture differed from Romanesque sculpture on two major fronts.

– Gothic sculpture was mainly carved in high relief.

– Gothic figures were more realistic than the abstract figures of the Romanesque period.

Gothic Sculpture

The theme of life and death was fundamental to much of the sculpture of this period.

The carved figures of this period were very naturalistic. The human body was idealised in its portrayal. Figures were serene, perfectly sculpted in vertical poses.

The subject matter had shifted from that of Christ as judge to Christ as saviour. Hope and humanism was the message of this period.

Gothic Sculpture - Chartres

Chartres Cathedral, France.– The Royal Portal (West)

Kings and Queens & Characters from the Old Testament.

– The North Portal

Old Testament Prophets & Mary precursors to the arrival of Christ.

– The South Portal

The Glory of Jesus Christ – New Testament

Gothic Sculpture - Chartres

Chartres Cathedral, France.– The west portal or Royal portal was completed less than

twenty years after the Romanesque church of St. Lazare at Autun, France.

– There is a huge progression in the style and technique.

– Chartres Cathedral documents all three stages of Gothic sculpture as its construction began in the experimental phase and took over 300 years to build, thus the final south tower along with its decoration and ornamentation was completed in the late flamboyant stage.

Gothic Sculpture – Chartres

The Royal Portal (West)

Kings and Queens & Characters from

the Old Testament

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/images/chartres/cathedral/resized/xti_7150p.jpg


The North Portal

Old Testament Prophets & Mary precursors to the arrival of Christ.

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The South Portal

The Glory of Jesus Christ - New Testament.

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Gothic Sculpture – Klaus Sluter

Klaus Sluter a Dutch sculptor worked from about 1380 to 1405 in the rich and powerful city of Dijon, in northern France.

His most famous work is of a stone carved grouping of prophets that once formed the base of a large crucifix marking a fountain.

This sculpture became known as the ‘Well of Moses’.

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The Well of Moses

Gothic Sculpture – Klaus Sluter

The Well of Moses

A hexagonal pillar with lifelike Old

Testament Prophets dominating each of its

six sides.

Isaiah, Daniel, Moses, David, Jeremiah &

Zachariah

http://www.friendsofart.net/static/images/art1/claus-sluter-well-of-moses-moses-detail.jpg

Acknowledgements

Art Associates Maria Moore

Margaret O’Shea

Local Facilitator TeamAine Andrews

Joe CaslinJane Campbell

Siobhan CampbellNiamh O’Donoghue

Niamh O’NeillKeith O’Rahilly

Sheena McKeonTony MorrisseyMonica White

Many thanks to the following for their invaluable contribution to the European Art History and Appreciation series of workshops and resource materials.

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