***Thank you to VALERIE WHITE of Vista High School, for all her help.  All APAH content and information made  possible from her hard work.  Also, thank you to Dr. Robert Coad for his guidance and materials.
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​ARTWORK LIST
Chartres Cathedral
   -Royal Portal
   -Stained glass windows
Westminster Hall
Rottgen Pieta
Moralized Bible
​Golden Haggadah:
  - The Plagues of Egypt
  - Scenes of Liberation
  - Preparation for Passover
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​KEY IDEAS
  • "Gothic" term coined by the historian Georgia Vasari during the Renaissance. Originally meant to be derogative as he thought the gothic style was crude and ugly.
  • Perfected the Romanesque style (ribbed vaults, groin vaults, pointed arches, and clerestories.
  • The quest for Height and Light is very important. The higher the architecture, the closer to God you'll be. Light is the manifestation of God known as lux nova, new light.
  • Sculpture/reliefs are higher in relief and emphasizes the verticality of the architecture.
  • Women were no longer considered "handmaidens of the devil". The Cult of the Virgin replaced a previous veneration of Eve, the great sinner.
  • Saint Denis is the first fully Gothic structure in France. The ambulatory becomes the new focus. Abbot Suger is credited to creating this new gothic style. He believed the church should be of great beauty. The more grand, the closer to God the worshipper could become. 

Important Vocabulary
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  • pointed arch
  • ambulatory
  • ribbed groin vault
  • flying buttress
  • nave arcade
  • triforium
  • tribunal gallery
  • aisle
  • nave
  • ambulatory
  • clerestory
  • choir
  • stringcourse
  • gargoyles
  • lux nova
  • pinnacle
  • crocket
  • oculus

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  • ​vault webbing
  • fan vault
  • quatrefoil/trefoils
  • Cult of the Virgin
  • Portal
  • Rayonnant style
  • Flamboyant style
  • Perpendicular style
  • Apocalypse
  • chevet
  • choir
  • close
  • compound pier
  • flying buttress
  • Haggadah
  • Lancet
  • Moralized Bible
  • ogee arch
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  • Passover
  • pieta
  • pinnacle
  • portal
  • rib vault
  • rose window
  • spire
  • ​tracery (bar and plate)
  • hammerbeam
  • andachtsbild


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Check out this amazing photographers work!  Architectural photographer Peter Li takes panoramic photos that give a dazzling perspective on classical and contemporary architecture.  His interior shots of churches border the fine line between fantasy and reality.

In honor of Gothic cathedrals' request for high and light, create a makeshift "stained glass window" using a transparency, sharpies, and paint!