ppt 38 through 42

Question 1

Answer 1

Cathedral of St-Etienne, 1140, Sens

• Tripartite division of facade stresses verticality
• unfinished north tower
• north tower reminiscent of St Denis
• Wheel above central portal is blind tracery (decrative stonework)
• 3 aisles bascilical with ribbed vaulting

Question 2

Answer 2

Cathedral of Notre Dame, 1145, Noyon

• Tripartite vertical organization
• use of arcade at level of gable became increasingly popular in 13th and 14th centuries
• first appearance of a four part elevation in the gothic
• ribbed vaulting

Question 3

Answer 3

Cathedral of Notre-Dame, 1160, Laon

-4 part elevation

Question 4

Answer 4

Cathedral of Notre-Dame, 1163, Paris

-restored by viollet-lle-duc in 19th century

Question 5

Answer 5

Cathedral of Notre Dame, Chartres, 1135

• example of the high gothic
• facade related to st-denis (vertical organization in 3 parts)
• Royal Portal
• high quality carving
• 3 portals have common theme of the life of christ (nativity, last judgement and ascension of christ)
• double ambulatory
• tripartite elevation became standard interior elevation for high gothic

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Question 6

Answer 6

Lincoln Cathedral, 1185

• follows canterbury cathedral model by using two transepts, 3 part interior elevation
• master masons at lincoln were ambitious curious and experimental.lincoln turned into laboratory that had huge impact on future of english gothic
• tierceron ribs: a rib that rises from one of the main springers to the ridge rib nut is not a diagonal cross rib

Question 7

Answer 7

Salisbury Cathedral, 1220

• tallest spire in england
• no ridge rib in vault
• slender columns that carry the vaults of the lady chapel indicate how skillful the master mason at salisbury

Question 8

Answer 8

Exeter Cathedral, 1310, England

Question 9

Answer 9

Cathedral of St. Andrew at Wells, Somerset, 1186

• lierne rib vailting: a rib that neither rises from the main springer nor connects with a ridge rib
• Tierceron rib: a rib that rises from one of the main springers to the ridge rib but is not a diagonal cross rib

Question 10

Answer 10

Peterborough Cathedral, 1180, england

• screen facade
• absence of large sculptural program

Question 11

Answer 11

Gloucester Cathedral, England

• veneer of vertical and horizontal bar tracery
• largest window of the day
• lierne vaulting

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Question 12

Answer 12

Winchester Cathedral, 1360, England, Mason:William Wynford

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Question 13

Answer 13

The Lady Chapel at Peterborough Cathedral, 1496, england, mason: John Wastell

-flexibility of the fan vaulting is hepful because it can turn a corner