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Gothic Art Spread of Gothic: black 12th Century, red 13th-14th centuries The Reach of Gothic The Abbey of St. Denis “The higher world casts its light on the lower world, and, in sensible things, is like a trace of purely spiritual things” St. Denys the Areopagite Over the main doorway, Suger had this written: “Whoever thou mayest be, who art minded to praise this door, Wonder not at the gold, nor at its cost, but at the work. The work shines in its nobility; by shining nobly, May it illumine the spirit, so that, through its trusty lights, The spirit may reach the true Light in which Christ is the Door. The golden door proclaims the nature of the Inward: Through sensible things, the heavy spirit is raised to the Truth; From the depths, it rises to the Light” St. Denis Ambulatory On the Second Sunday of June 1144, the choir of St. Denis was consecrated In this gathering the builders of the very first Gothic cathedrals were represented. A medieval liturgist, Durand de Mende, said of the rite: “Everything which is here performed visibly, evokes God in the soul invisibly, for the soul is the true temple of the true God…The church to be consecrated is none other than the soul, which must be sanctified…” Transition at Vezelay: Early Gothic choir showers light on Romanesque Nave Amiens (476’ ext. long, 139’ high nave) Amiens closer views Romanesque vs. Gothic (Abbey of St. Etienne, Caen) Some Gothic Styles Early Gothic beginning around 1140 (St. Denis). High Gothic/Rayonnant (St. Chapelle, Paris, 1248) Perpendicular (choir of Gloucester cathedral, begun 1330) Flamboyant (St. Maclou, Rouen, 1500-14, and others) Rayonnant: St. Chapelle Rayonnant (Decorated Gothic in England) was characterized by the application of increasingly elaborate geometrical decoration More St. Chapelle During the period of the Rayonnant style a significant change took place in Gothic architecture. After 1250, Gothic architects became more concerned with the creation of rich visual effects t