Both Romanesque and Gothic
(Links updated in 2022)
(Links updated in 2022)
• Images of Medieval Art and Architecture-France -- Dr. Alison Stones (you must cite her on every photo per copyright agreement)
• Architecture Religieuse en Occident (NOTE: edifices means buildings )
• Wikimedia Commons - Excellent source of free-use images (try the French version, too, using French search terms)
• Romanes.net: Art Roman et Gothique (lists of clickable churches… tons of pictures)
• MET Art History Timeline info, Relics and Reliquaries
• Glossary of Art and Architecture • Jane Vadnal (be sure to cite her by name)
• click HERE (or on the banner itself) for sources of photos used in banner (and more information on them)
• Chartres (personal blog of Ken Broadhurst)
• Chartres: updated link, 2022: Jane Vadnal photos of the Zodiac windows
• Chartres: updated link, 2022, Alison Stones, photos of the Charlemagne window sections
• Chartres (images and info, in English, from Bluffton.edu, web page of Mary Ann Sullivan)
• VIDEO: Les Racines et les Ailes: The cleaning and restoration project at Chartres (2 hours)
• Architecture Religieuse en Occident (NOTE: edifices means buildings )
• Wikimedia Commons - Excellent source of free-use images (try the French version, too, using French search terms)
• Romanes.net: Art Roman et Gothique (lists of clickable churches… tons of pictures)
• MET Art History Timeline info, Relics and Reliquaries
• Glossary of Art and Architecture • Jane Vadnal (be sure to cite her by name)
• click HERE (or on the banner itself) for sources of photos used in banner (and more information on them)
• Chartres (personal blog of Ken Broadhurst)
• Chartres: updated link, 2022: Jane Vadnal photos of the Zodiac windows
• Chartres: updated link, 2022, Alison Stones, photos of the Charlemagne window sections
• Chartres (images and info, in English, from Bluffton.edu, web page of Mary Ann Sullivan)
• VIDEO: Les Racines et les Ailes: The cleaning and restoration project at Chartres (2 hours)
• Vézelay- Dr. Alison Stones (you must cite her by name on every photo per copyright agreement)
• Vézelay et environs (Michel Corboz) • Cathédrale St. Lazare in Autun--Getty Images (2022 update) • ETC clipart - Romanesque (Florida's free Educational Technology Clearinghouse -- click HERE for usage and citation info ) --updated 2022 • 12th c. "Virgin and Child in Majesty"French, made in Auvergne, very similar to one in St. Louis Art Museum • Vézelay: 7 minute video with music,especially showing historiated capitals • Vézelay: 14 second vid from YouTube, showing Gothic ambulatory with ribbed vaulting, then barrel vaulting in the Romanesque section • Vézelay: 11 minute video, following from train station, through small town, gîte, and basilica |
• MET Art History Timeline info… Gothic
• Chartres - Dr. Alison Stones (you must cite her by name on every photo per copyright agreement) • Bourges • Bourges (September 7, 2021, Living the Life in Saint Aignan, Ken Broadhurst) • Reims cathedral (April 25, 2022, Living the Life in Saint Aignan, Ken Broadhurst) • Reims cathedral, Chagall vitraux (April 27, 2021, Living the Life in Saint Aignan, Ken Broadhurst) • Laon (Living the Life in Saint-Aignan, Ken Broadhurst) • La Cathédrale de Reims (Notre Dame de Reims) -- (Living the Life in Saint-Aignan, Ken Broadhurst) • Notre Dame de Paris on Great Buildings • Chartres on Great Buildings • John James • Gothic Photo Archives • New York Carver • LAON (has acanthus leaf chapiteau… click on La Nef) • About.com -Gothic Architecture • chimères et gargouilles, Notre Dame de Paris (info en français et photos) • Le Site de collecte de dons pour la cathédrale de Chartres • Notre Dame de Paris & more here &at night (personal blog of Ken Broadhurst) • Les vitraux de la Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours |
The focus of our unit is on Catholic cathedrals, specifically those in France dating from about 1000 AD to the 14th century AD. Styles for Romanesque and Gothic differ somewhat in other countries (in fact, the Romanesque style is known in England as the Norman style).
Similar architectural elements are often seen in buildings described as abbeys, monasteries, basilicas, or churches. These are not interchangeable terms -- each of these kinds of structures has a specific use which distinguishes one from the other. As a result, we are not considering the architecture of abbeys and monasteries of this time period to be representative of what we are learning... we are focusing strictly on cathedrals. Many of the abbeys and monasteries of the time, in France, rejected aspects of what we are learning of as characteristic of Romanesque or Gothic.
Additionally, there were different sects (or orders) of the Catholic religion which developed as offshoots of the traditional Roman Catholic religion, each usually developed to in some way reject some aspect of the practices and lifestyle of the traditional religion, based in Rome. As a result, you will find photos of buildings described as being, for example,Cistercian, or Benedictine. The art and architecture of these sects differs from what we are learning to recognize as Romanesque (Roman) or Gothic (Gothique). Other Catholic orders include Augustinians, Carmelites, Carthusians, Dominicans, Franciscans, and Jesuits. Likewise, Trappists are a sect of Cistercians, and Cluniacs are a sect of Benedictines. For more information, visit these links:
• What is the difference between an abbey and a monastery?
• What is the difference between a basilica, a cathedral, an oratory, and a church?
• Cistercian Architecture (in English)
• Art Cistercien (en français)
• list of Cistercian monasteries in France
• list of Benedictine monasteries in France
• list of Christian religious houses in France
• Romanesque Art around the world - overview (on Wikipedia)
• Romanesque Architecture around the world - overview (on Wikipedia)
• list of Romanesque architecture around the world (on Wikipedia)
• Gothic Architecture around the world - overview (on Wikipedia)
Similar architectural elements are often seen in buildings described as abbeys, monasteries, basilicas, or churches. These are not interchangeable terms -- each of these kinds of structures has a specific use which distinguishes one from the other. As a result, we are not considering the architecture of abbeys and monasteries of this time period to be representative of what we are learning... we are focusing strictly on cathedrals. Many of the abbeys and monasteries of the time, in France, rejected aspects of what we are learning of as characteristic of Romanesque or Gothic.
Additionally, there were different sects (or orders) of the Catholic religion which developed as offshoots of the traditional Roman Catholic religion, each usually developed to in some way reject some aspect of the practices and lifestyle of the traditional religion, based in Rome. As a result, you will find photos of buildings described as being, for example,Cistercian, or Benedictine. The art and architecture of these sects differs from what we are learning to recognize as Romanesque (Roman) or Gothic (Gothique). Other Catholic orders include Augustinians, Carmelites, Carthusians, Dominicans, Franciscans, and Jesuits. Likewise, Trappists are a sect of Cistercians, and Cluniacs are a sect of Benedictines. For more information, visit these links:
• What is the difference between an abbey and a monastery?
• What is the difference between a basilica, a cathedral, an oratory, and a church?
• Cistercian Architecture (in English)
• Art Cistercien (en français)
• list of Cistercian monasteries in France
• list of Benedictine monasteries in France
• list of Christian religious houses in France
• Romanesque Art around the world - overview (on Wikipedia)
• Romanesque Architecture around the world - overview (on Wikipedia)
• list of Romanesque architecture around the world (on Wikipedia)
• Gothic Architecture around the world - overview (on Wikipedia)