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Feature Image: The Royal (West) Portal, 12th century, Cathédrale de Chartres (1145-1220), France. Author’s photograph. 12/1989 1.24 mb My Art Photography: ANONYMOUS/UNKNOWN. Royal (West) Portal, 12th century, Cathédrale de Chartres (1145-1220), France. – CORRIDORS│An Educational Website in the Arts and History. Featuring My Photography and Videos.
GOTHIC ART emerged in the 12th century in France, following Romanesque art, and became dominant in Europe until the 15th century. Gothic art possesses a sense of grandeur, dramatic emotion, and devotion, often with less concern for realistic proportions or earthly settings. Its detailed buildings emphasize verticality and height with pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses and colorful stained glass. Religious themes dominate Its sculpture and painting that include often stylized figures expressing spiritual intensity over naturalism. INTERNATIONAL GOTHIC developed in the late 14th century and spread across European courts, representing a more cosmopolitan and elegant application on Gothic art with religious and courtly themes. NEO-GOTHIC (GOTHIC REVIVAL) emerged in the late 18th century, reviving elements of medieval Gothic design in modern structures, and particularly in Britain, France, Germany and the United States.
My Art Photography: Stained Glass of New Testament Scenes by F.X. ZETTLER STUDIOS OF THE ROYAL BAVARIAN ART INSTITUTE, Munich, Germany, 1907-1910, in St. Edmund Church in Oak Park, Illinois.
Feature Image: Two apostles, detail, Institution of the Eucharist window, F.X. Zettler, 1907-1910, St. Edmund Church. Author’s photograph. September 2015. By 1910 F.X. Zettler’s mastery of the “Munich Style” – characterized by detailed scenes and vibrant colors on glass – made his German company one of the most popular designers in late 19th century and…
FRANCE. My Art Photography: Cathédrale de Chartres, ROYAL (WEST) PORTAL (12th century), anonymous, Chartres, France.
FEATURE image: “Chartres, North Porch, Central Portal, LeftJamb” by profzucker is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. The North Porch was constructed at the start of the 13th century. The North Porch, like the North Rose Window (below) crafted in the same time, depicts the glories of the Virgin Mary along with Old Testament figures. I visited Chartres Cathedral…
FRANCE. Thirty miles west of Paris, the 1000-year-old fortified royal town of MONTFORT L’AMAURY, showcases its 11th century crusaders’ castle, 16th century flamboyant Gothic church with 37 intact Renaissance stained-glass windows and homes of 20th century composer Maurice Ravel and playwright Jean Anouilh.
FEATURED image: Manuscript 16th century (detail): Queen consort Anne of Brittany (1477-1514) receiving a Book of Hours from her Dominican confessor, Antoine Dufour (d.1509). Montfort L’Amaury returned to the crown of France after Anne of Brittany married Charles VIII “the Affable” (1470-1498) in 1491. At the north edge of the Rambouillet forest the city of…
FRANCE. French art in the 15th Century.
FEATURE image: DETAIL, Henri Bellechose (1415-1440), École de Bourgogne, Retable de saint Denis, 1416, https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010063178 Retable de Saint Denis, (above), was completed in 1416 for the church of the Charterhouse of Champmol that is adjacent to Dijon. The artwork’s attribution has long been debated between Bellechose and Jean Malouel (1370-1415). Written evidence points to Bellechose possibly only…
FRANCE. “NOTRE DAME IS ON FIRE!”: architectural history of the 12th century Gothic cathedral and its shocking blaze of April 15, 2019.
FEATURE image: Notre Dame under re-construction, 2019. N.B. Following more than five years of restorative work gathering artisans, donors, and planners from across the spectrum of global society, Notre Dame de Paris was gloriously re-opened at a celebratory dedication ceremony attended by the world’s dignitaries, including 40 heads of state, on December 8, 2024. Begun…
